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Spin-orbit coupling effect on quantum Hall ferromagnets with vanishing Zeeman energy

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

We present the phase diagram of a ferromagnetic quantum Hall effect liquid in a narrow quantum well with vanishing single-particle Zeeman splitting, ϵZ\epsilon_{{\rm Z}} and pronounced spin-orbit coupling. Upon decreasing ϵZ\epsilon_{{\rm Z}}, the spin-polarization field of a liquid takes, first, the easy-axis configuration, followed by the formation of a helical state, which affects the transport and NMR properties of a liquid and the form of topological defects in it. The analysis is extended over high odd integer filling factors.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9906354,
  title  = {Spin-orbit coupling effect on quantum Hall ferromagnets with vanishing Zeeman energy},
  author = {Vladimir I. Fal'ko and S. V. Iordanski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9906354},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

This revised version takes into account easy-axis terms in the energy and offers a corrected phase diagram of the ferromagnetic QHE liquid. Analysis is extended over higher filling factors