Surface acoustic-wave-induced magnetoresistance oscillations in a two-dimensional electron gas

We study the geometrical commensurability oscillations imposed on the resistivity of 2D electrons in a perpendicular magnetic field by a propagating surface acoustic wave (SAW). We show that, for omega相似文献   

Terahertz radiation-induced magnetoresistance oscillations of a high-density and high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas

The terahertz response of a high-density and high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas in 13-nm GaAs quantum wells at frequencies of 0.7 and 1.63 THz has been investigated. Terahertz radiation-induced magnetoresistance oscillations have been discovered. The oscillation maxima coincide with the harmonics of cyclotron resonance. It has been shown that a large number of harmonics (up to the ninth) appear under irradiation at a frequency of 0.7 THz. In this case, the effect is the analogue of microwave-induced oscillations. At a higher frequency, the oscillation amplitude decreases drastically with an increase in the harmonic number. This indicates a transition to the regime of ordinary cyclotron harmonics.     

Commensurate oscillations of the magnetoresistance of a two-dimensional electron gas in GaAs quantum wells with corrugated heteroboundaries

Oscillations of the magnetoresistance commensurate with the spatial modulation period of the growth surfaces were observed in selectively doped GaAs quantum wells with AlAs/GaAs superlattice barriers grown by molecular beam epitaxy. The experimental data obtained are explained by the lateral potential modulation of the two-dimensional electron gas in narrow GaAs quantum wells with corrugated heteroboundaries and agree with the two-dimensional distribution of the local capacitance in such structures.     

Radiation-induced magnetoresistance oscillations in a 2D electron gas

Recent measurements of a 2D electron gas subjected to microwave radiation reveal a magnetoresistance with an oscillatory dependence on the ratio of radiation frequency to cyclotron frequency. We perform a diagrammatic calculation and find radiation-induced resistivity oscillations with the correct period and phase. Results are explained via a simple picture of current induced by photoexcited disorder-scattered electrons. The oscillations increase with radiation intensity, easily exceeding the dark resistivity and resulting in negative-resistivity minima. At high intensity, we identify additional features, likely due to multiphoton processes, which have yet to be observed experimentally.     

Field-dependent mobility characteristics of a two-dimensional electron gas due to quasi-elastic interaction with intravalley acoustic phonons

The field-dependent mobility characteristics of the carriers in a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) are obtained considering the finite energy of phonons in the energy balance equation of electron-phonon system for quasi-elastic interaction with intravalley acoustic phonons. Both the high- and low-field mobility characteristics turn out to be significantly different from those that follow from the traditional approximation. The numerical results are presented for Si and GaAs. The inadequacies of the theory are pointed out and the scope for further refinement is discussed.     

Commensurability oscillations in a stripe-shaped two-dimensional electron gas

We have studied the commensurability oscillations for a nonplanar, two-dimensional electron gas which is confined to a surface spatially modulated both in the transverse and longitudinal directions. We show, numerically, that coupling the drift in both directions causes the motion to be chaotic. The channeling tori, responsible for conduction along the stripes, are destroyed and the averaged squared drift velocities decrease.     

Low-field magnetoresistance of strongly modulated two-dimensional electron gas

The typical form of the low-field magnetoresistance anomaly induced by a strong one-dimensional periodic modulation of the background potential is described. It is shown that the magnetoresistance peak due to the magnetic breakdown is always followed by a resistance increase at higher magnetic fields, for which οcτ > 1.     

Spin-plasmon oscillations of the two-dimensional electron gas

Interaction of the spins of 2D electrons with an alternating electric field in the plane of the system is considered. It is assumed that the double spin degeneracy is eliminated by the spin-orbit splitting. It is shown that transitions between different spin states produce a narrow absorption band in the degenerate electron gas. In the frequency domain corresponding to these transitions, those frequencies are combined with two-dimensional plasmons; as a result, the plasmon spectrum is modified, and a new type of oscillations occurs, namely, a spin-plasmon polariton. The dispersion law of these oscillations is derived. The problem of the excitation of spin-plasmon polaritons by an external electromagnetic field is solved.     

Quantum oscillations in screening in a two-dimensional electron gas

The static dielectric constant of a two-dimensional electron gas is studied as a function of the strength of a dc magnetic field applied normal to the plane of the electron gas. At high temperatures $\text{(kT ?}\text{h}\text{?}\text{ω}{}_{\mathrm{c}}\text{)}$ the static dielectric function is independent of magnetic field, and for long wavelengths is given by ? ? ?₀ + 2n_vme²/q, where ?₀ is the background dielectric constant and n_v is the valley degeneracy. At low-temperatures, quantum oscillations become important and dramatically modify the screening.     

Negative magnetoresistance of a high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas in a nonlinear regime

The effect of the measuring current I_dc on the magnetoresistance (MR) of a high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in a GaAs quantum well with AlAs/GaAs superlattice barriers has been studied. It has been found that, as I_dc increases, the MR of the 2DEG in the studied structures becomes negative in the range of classically strong magnetic fields. It has been shown that the observed negative MR is due to the transport of the 2DEG in the nonlinear regime.     

Radiation-induced magnetoresistance oscillation in a two-dimensional electron gas in Faraday geometry

Microwave-radiation induced giant magnetoresistance oscillations recently discovered in high-mobility two-dimensional electron systems are analyzed theoretically. Multiphoton-assisted impurity scatterings are shown to be the primary origin of the oscillation. Based on a theory which considers the interaction of electrons with electromagnetic fields and the effect of the cyclotron resonance in Faraday geometry, we are able not only to reproduce the correct period, phase, and the negative resistivity of the main oscillation, but also to predict the secondary peaks and additional maxima and minima observed in the experiments. These peak-valley structures are identified to relate, respectively, to single-, double-, and triple-photon processes.     

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Fractional features in radiation-induced oscillations of the magnetoresistance of two-dimensional electron systems

The magnetoresistance of two-dimensional electron systems irradiated by microwave radiation is calculated. It exhibits oscillatory features at fractional values of the ratio ω/ω_c of the circular frequency of microwave radiation to the cyclotron frequency. The calculation explains existing experimental data by nonequilibrium population of electron states that appears due to one-photon processes and predicts ω/ω_c values near which the basic features in magnetoresistance are expected. In the framework of the mechanism under consideration, the fractional features can be observed only in the crossover from strongly overlapping to separate Landau levels and only at radiation frequencies below the threshold frequencies depending on a fractional value.     

Magnetoplasma oscillations of a two-dimensional electron system with spin-orbit interaction in a lateral superlattice

Low-frequency magnetoplasmon modes in a one-dimensional lateral superlattice with Rashba spin-orbit splitting are considered. Such modes correspond to oscillations related to virtual transitions within a Landau level that become possible due to the broadening of each Landau level into a band produced by the superlattice potential. The specificity of the one-dimensional intersubband plasmons emerging in such a system has been revealed.