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Tunneling Between Two-Dimensional Electron Gases in a Strong Magnetic Field

Condensed Matter 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

We have measured the tunneling between two two-dimensional electron gases at high magnetic fields BB, when the carrier densities of the two electron layers are matched. For filling factors ν<1\nu<1, there is a gap in the current-voltage characteristics centered about V=0V=0, followed by a tunneling peak at 6\sim 6~mV. Both features have been observed before and have been attributed to electron-electron interactions within a layer. We have measured high field tunneling peak positions and fitted gap parameters that are proportional to BB, and independent of the carrier densities of the two layers. This suggests a different origin for the gap to that proposed by current theories, which predict a B\sqrt{B} dependence.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9410002,
  title  = {Tunneling Between Two-Dimensional Electron Gases in a Strong Magnetic Field},
  author = {K. M. Brown and N. Turner and J. T. Nicholls and E. H. Linfield and M. Pepper and D. A. Ritchie and G. A. C. Jones},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9410002},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, cond-mat/yymmnnn