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Spin-Polarized to Valley-Polarized Transition in Graphene Bilayers at $\nu=0$ in High Magnetic Fields

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2011-07-05 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We investigate the transverse electric field (EE) dependence of the ν\nu=0 quantum Hall state (QHS) in dual-gated graphene bilayers in high magnetic fields. The longitudinal resistivity (ρxx\rho_{xx}) measured at ν\nu=0 shows an insulating behavior which is strongest in the vicinity of EE=0, and at large EE-fields. At a fixed perpendicular magnetic field (BB), the ν\nu=0 QHS undergoes a transition as a function of EE, marked by a minimum, temperature-independent ρxx\rho_{xx}. This observation is explained by a transition from a spin polarized ν\nu=0 QHS at small EE-fields, to a valley (layer) polarized ν\nu=0 QHS at large EE-fields. The EE-field value at which the transition occurs has a linear dependence on BB

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@article{arxiv.1102.0265,
  title  = {Spin-Polarized to Valley-Polarized Transition in Graphene Bilayers at $\nu=0$ in High Magnetic Fields},
  author = {Seyoung Kim and Kayoung Lee and Emanuel Tutuc},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.0265},
  year   = {2011}
}

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5 pages, 5 figures