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Crossover between distinct mechanisms of microwave photoresistance in bilayer systems
We report on temperature-dependent magnetoresistance measurements in balanced
double quantum wells exposed to microwave irradiation for various frequencies.
We have found that the resistance oscillations are described by the
microwave-induced modification of electron distribution function limited by
inelastic scattering (inelastic mechanism), up to a temperature of T*~4 K. With
increasing temperature, a strong deviation of the oscillation amplitudes from
the behavior predicted by this mechanism is observed, presumably indicating a
crossover to another mechanism of microwave photoresistance, with similar
frequency dependence. Our analysis shows that this deviation cannot be fully
understood in terms of contribution from the mechanisms discussed in theory.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figure
Magnetic field induced transition in a wide parabolic well superimposed with superlattice
We study a parabolic quantum wells (PQW) with
square superlattice. The magnetotransport in PQW with
intentionally disordered short-period superlattice reveals a surprising
transition from electrons distribution over whole parabolic well to
independent-layer states with unequal density. The transition occurs in the
perpendicular magnetic field at Landau filling factor and is
signaled by the appearance of the strong and developing fractional quantum Hall
(FQH) states and by the enhanced slope of the Hall resistance. We attribute the
transition to the possible electron localization in the x-y plane inside the
lateral wells, and formation of the FQH states in the central well of the
superlattice, driven by electron-electron interaction.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
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