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Quantum wells constitute one of the most important classes of devices in the study of 2D systems. In a double layer QW, the additional "which-layer" degree of freedom gives rise to celebrated phenomena such as Coulomb drag, Hall drag and…
Transport experiments in high mobility (110) GaAs heterostructures have been performed at very low temperatures 8 mK. At higher Landau-Levels we observe a transport anisotropy that bears some similarity with what is already seen at…
We demonstrate that, in a quasi-two-dimensional electron system confined to an AlAs quantum well and occupying two conduction-band minima (valleys), a parallel magnetic field can couple to the electrons' orbital motion and tune the energies…
Measurements on a two-dimensional electron system confined to an AlAs quantum well reveal that for a given electron density the valley susceptibility, defined as the change in valley population difference per unit strain, is enhanced as the…
We report results of investigations of structural and transport properties of GaAs/Ga(1-x)In(x)As/GaAs quantum wells (QWs) having a 0.5-1.8 ML thick Mn layer, separated from the QW by a 3 nm thick spacer. The structure has hole mobility of…
We have fabricated high-mobility, two-dimensional electron gases in a GaAs quantum well on cylindrical surfaces, which allows to investigate the magnetotransport behavior under varying magnetic fields along the current path. A strong…
The dependences of the transport scattering time {\tau}t, quantum lifetime {\tau}q, and their ratio {\tau}t/{\tau}q on the density ne of the electron gas in modulation-doped single GaAs quantum wells with AlAs/GaAs short-period…
The intrinsic carrier transport dynamics in phosphorene is theoretically examined. Utilizing a density functional theory treatment, the low-field mobility and the saturation velocity are characterized for both electrons and holes in the…
Magnetotransport properties are investigated for a high mobility Si two dimensional electron systems in the vicinity of a Landau level crossing point. At low temperatures, the resistance peak having a strong anisotropy shows large…
We study the transport properties of a 2D electron gas in narrow GaAs quantum wells with AlAs/GaAs superlattice barriers. It is shown that the anisotropic positive magnetoresistance observed in selectively doped semiconductor structures in…
We report the observation of an electron gas in a SiGe/Si/SiGe quantum well with maximum mobility up to 240 m^2/Vs, which is noticeably higher than previously reported results in silicon-based structures. Using SiO, rather than Al_2O_3, as…
We report magneto-transport measurements on high-mobility two-dimensional electron systems (2DESs) confined in In_0.75Ga_0.25As/In_0.75Al_0.25As single quantum wells. Several quantum Hall states are observed in a wide range of temperatures…
Magnetoresistance data taken along $[\bar{2}33]$ and $[01\bar{1}]$ directions in a GaAs/AlGaAs two-dimensional hole sample with van der Pauw geometry exhibit significant anisotropy at half-integer filling factors. The anisotropy appears to…
The electric conductivity behavior in the single and double tunnel-coupled quantum wells (QW) with different doping profile caused by impact of short pulses of the strong longitudinal (in the quantum wells plane) electric field has been…
Tunneling of electrons through the barriers in heterostructures devices is investigated by using the unified Transfer Matrix Method. The effect of barrier width on electron transmission coefficients has also been examined for different…
We demonstrate the interplay between quantum well states in Pd and the magnetic anisotropy in Pd/Co/Cu(001) by combined scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) and magneto optical Kerr effect (MOKE) measurements. Low temperature scanning…
In this paper we show an approach to electron transport in double barrier structures which unifies the well known sequential and resonant tunneling models in the widest range of transport regimes, from completely coherent to completely…
We study the quantum Hall states in the lowest Landau level for a single wide quantum well. Due to a separation of charges to opposite sides of the well, a single wide well can be modelled as an effective two level system. We provide…
We perform detailed magnetotransport studies on two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) formed in undoped Si/SiGe heterostructures in order to identify the electron mobility limiting mechanisms in this increasingly important materials…
The two-dimensional electron system in (110)Al$_2$O$_{3-\delta}$/SrTiO$_3$ heterostructures displays anisotropic electronic transport. Largest and lowest conductivity and electron mobility $\mu$ are observed along the $[001]$ and…