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Evidence for A Two-dimensional Quantum Wigner Solid in Zero Magnetic Field
We report the first experimental observation of a characteristic nonlinear
threshold behavior from dc dynamical response as an evidence for a Wigner
crystallization in high-purity GaAs 2D hole systems in zero magnetic field. The
system under increasing current drive exhibits voltage oscillations with
negative differential resistance. They confirm the coexistence of a moving
crystal along with striped edge states as observed for electrons on helium
surfaces. However, the threshold is well below the typical classical levels due
to a different pinning and depinning mechanism that is possibly related to a
quantum process
Photovoltage Detection of Edge Magnetoplasmon Oscillations and Giant Magnetoplasmon Resonances in A Two-Dimensional Hole System
In our high mobility p-type AlGaAs/GaAs two-dimensional hole samples, we
originally observe the B-periodic oscillation induced by microwave (MW) in
photovoltage (PV) measurements. In the frequency range of our measurements (5 -
40 GHz), the period ({\Delta}B) is inversely proportional to the microwave
frequency (f). The distinct oscillations come from the edge magnetoplasmon
(EMP) in the high quality heavy hole system. In our hole sample with a very
large effective mass, the observation of the EMP oscillations is in neither the
low frequency limit nor the high frequency limit, and the damping of the EMP
oscillations is very weak under high magnetic fields. Simultaneously, we
observe the giant plasmon resonance signals in our measurements on the shallow
two-dimensional hole system (2DHS)
Oscillatory Magneto-Thermopower and Resonant Phonon Drag in a High-Mobility 2D Electron Gas
Experimental and theoretical evidence is presented for new low-magnetic-field
( kG) 1/B-oscillations in the thermoelectric power of a high-mobility
GaAs/AlGaAs two-dimensional (2D) electron gas. The oscillations result from
inter-Landau-Level resonances of acoustic phonons carrying a momentum equal to
twice the Fermi wavenumber at . Numerical calculations show that both 3D
and 2D phonons can contribute to this effect.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
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