English

Commensurability Effects in Hexagonal Antidot Lattices with Large Antidot Diameters

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

The observation of a novel type of commensurability resonance in two-dimensional, hexagonal antidot lattices is reported. These resonances have a classical character and occur at magnetic fields above the resonance that corresponds to the cyclotron motion around a single antidot. The resonances are visible only for antidots with effective diameters larger than 50 % of the lattice constant. Simulations reveal that they originate from quasi-stable electron trajectories that bounce between three neighboring antidots. This interpretation is backed by the observation of large-period Aharonov-Bohm type oscillations at low temperatures.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0502237,
  title  = {Commensurability Effects in Hexagonal Antidot Lattices with Large Antidot Diameters},
  author = {S. Meckler and T. Heinzel and A. Cavanna and G. Faini and U. Gennser and D. Mailly},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0502237},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, 5 figures minor changes to text