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Theory of the microwave induced zero resistance states in two-dimensional electron systems

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-05-20 v2 Plasma Physics

Abstract

The phenomena of the microwave induced zero resistance states (MIZRS) and the microwave induced resistance oscillations (MIRO) were discovered in the ultraclean two-dimensional electron systems in 2001 -- 2003 and have attracted great interest of researchers. In spite of numerous theoretical efforts the true origin of these effects remains unknown so far. We show that the MIRO/ZRS phenomena are naturally explained by the influence of the ponderomotive forces which arise in the near-contact regions of the two-dimensional electron gas under the action of microwaves. The proposed analytical theory is in agreement with all experimental facts accumulated so far and provides a simple and self-evident explanation of the microwave frequency, polarization, magnetic field, mobility, power and temperature dependencies of the observed effects.

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@article{arxiv.1011.1094,
  title  = {Theory of the microwave induced zero resistance states in two-dimensional electron systems},
  author = {S. A. Mikhailov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.1094},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

18 pages, 9 figures, resubmission. Essential modifications/additions: Section I, Section II.5 and Fig. 5, Section IV, References