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Complete spin phase diagram of the fractional quantum Hall liquid

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2020-10-28 v1

Abstract

Study of the ground-state electronic spin-polarization can permit discovery and identification of novel correlated phases in the quantum Hall (QH) system. It can thus determine the potential usefulness of QH states for quantum computing. However, prior measurements involving optical and NMR techniques may perturb the system away from delicate ground-states. Here, we present spin-resolved pulsed tunneling (SRPT) that precisely determines the complete phase diagram of the ground-state spin-polarization as a function of magnetic field (B) and filling factor ({\nu}). We observe fully-polarized {\nu} = 5/2 and 8/3 states at very small B, suggesting strong deviation from the weakly-interacting composite-fermion model that largely successfully describes our phase diagram for the lowest Landau level. The results establish SRPT as a powerful technique for investigating correlated electron phenomena.

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@article{arxiv.1910.01109,
  title  = {Complete spin phase diagram of the fractional quantum Hall liquid},
  author = {H. M. Yoo and K. W. Baldwin and K. West and L. Pfeiffer and R. C. Ashoori},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.01109},
  year   = {2020}
}

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12 pages, 4 figures, Supplementary Materials