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Tuning forks are very popular experimental tools widely applied in low and ultra low temperature physics as mechanical resonators and cantilevers in the study of quantum liquids, STM and AFM techniques, etc. As an added benefit, these forks…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-22 M. Clovecko , M. Kupka , P. Skyba , F. Vavrek

Two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) formed at complex oxide interfaces offer a unique platform to engineer quantum nanostructures. However, scalable fabrication of locally addressable devices in these materials remains challenging. Here,…

We present a thermometry scheme to extract the temperature of a 2DEG by monitoring the charge occupation of a weakly tunnel-coupled 'thermometer' quantum dot using a quantum point contact detector. Electronic temperatures between 97 mK and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 A. Mavalankar , S. J. Chorley , J. Griffiths , G. A. C. Jones , I. Farrer , D. A. Ritchie , C. G. Smith

There is a growing demand for experiments on calorimetric and thermal transport measurements at ultra-low temperatures below 1 mK and high magnetic fields up to 16 T. Particularly, milligram-sized solid samples are of great interest. We…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-10-17 Andrew J. Woods , Alexander. M. Donald , Rasul Gazizulin , Eddy Collin , Lucia Steinke

We report measurements of GaAs/AlGaAs undoped field-effect transistors in which two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) of exceptional quality and versatility are induced without modulation doping. Electron mobilities at T=4.2 K and density…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. R. Facer , B. E. Kane , A. S. Dzurak , R. J. Heron , N. E. Lumpkin , R. G. Clark , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West

The heterointerfaces at complex oxides have emerged as a promising platform for discovering novel physical phenomena and advancing integrated sensing, storage, and computing technologies. Nevertheless, achieving precise control over a…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-01 Jiaxin Lv , Silan Li , Chenhao Duan , Shuanhu Wang , Hong Yan , Kexin Jin

We fabricated a He-3 immersion cell for transport measurements of semiconductor nanostructures at ultra low temperatures and in strong magnetic fields. We have a new scheme of field-independent thermometry based on quartz tuning fork…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 N. Samkharadze , A. Kumar , M. J. Manfra , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West , G. A. Csathy

We present a comprehensive analysis of the two-dimensional uniform electron gas (2D-UEG or more commonly 2DEG) at finite temperature, spanning a broad range of densities / coupling strengths ($0.01\le{r}_s\le20$) and temperatures /…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-22 Fotios Kalkavouras , Tobias Dornheim , Paul Hamann , Panagiotis Tolias

We measure the temperature of a 2D electron gas in GaAs from the thermopower of a one-dimensional ballistic constriction, using the Mott relation to confirm the calibration from the electrical conductance. Under hot electron conditions,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 N. J. Appleyard , J. T. Nicholls , M. Y. Simmons , W. R. Tribe , M. Pepper

Magnetic anisotropy encodes key information about the free-energy landscape of magnetic materials, but its quantitative characterization often requires probes beyond conventional magnetometry. A quartz tuning-fork resonator provides direct…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-17 Hengrui Gui , Zekai Shi , Jiawen Zhang , Yu Liu , Huiqiu Yuan , Lin Jiao

We propose a novel probe technique capable of performing local low-temperature spectroscopy on a 2D electron system (2DES) in a semiconductor heterostructure. Motivated by predicted spatially-structured electron phases, the probe uses a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-01-06 Adam Sciambi , Matthew Pelliccione , Seth R. Bank , Arthur C. Gossard , David Goldhaber-Gordon

Magnetoconductance of a gated two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in the inversion layer on p-type HgCdTe crystal is investigated. At strong magnetic fields, characteristic features such as quantum Hall effect of a 2DEG with single subband…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Rui Yang , Guolin Yu , Kuanghong Gao , Laiming Wei , Xinzhi Liu , Tie Lin , Shaoling Guo , Ning Dai , Junhao Chu

We demonstrate local detection of the electron temperature in a two-dimensionalmicrodomain using a quantum dot. Our method relies on the observation that a temperature bias across the dot changes the functional form of Coulomb-blockade…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-06-04 Simone Gasparinetti , Fabio Deon , Giorgio Biasiol , Lucia Sorba , Fabio Beltram , Francesco Giazotto

We present thermal and electrical transport measurements of low-density (10$^{14}$ m$^{-2}$), mesoscopic two-dimensional electron systems (2DESs) in GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures at sub-Kelvin temperatures. We find that even in the…

We present simulations of an imaging mechanism that reveals the trajectories of electrons in a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG), as well as simulations of the electron flow in zero and small magnetic fields. The end goal of this work is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Katherine E. Aidala , Robert E. Parrott , E. J. Heller , R. M. Westervelt

We present a new approach to tuning fork-based atomic force microscopy for utilizing advanced "tip-on-chip" probes with high sensitivity and broad compatibility. Usually, such chip-like probes with a size reaching 2 mm x 2 mm drastically…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-05-19 H. Tunç Çiftçi , Michael Verhage , Tamar Cromwijk , Laurent Pham Van , Bert Koopmans , Kees Flipse , Oleg Kurnosikov

We report on the fabrication and characterization of patterned high-mobility two-dimensional electron gases (2DEG) formed on SrTiO$_3$ (STO) substrate surfaces by hydrogen plasma exposure. The resulting devices consistently showed high…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Dickson Boahen , Sushant Padhye , Gayan De Silva , Eshanvi Rao , Evgeny Mikheev

A simple hot electron thermocouple is realized in a two-dimensional electron system (2DES) and used to measure the diffusion thermopower of the 2DES at zero magnetic field. This hot electron technique, which requires no micron-scale…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-07-27 W. E. Chickering , J. P. Eisenstein , J. L. Reno

Electrostatic force microscopy at cryogenic temperatures was used to probe the electrostatic interaction between a conductive atomic force microscopy tip and electronic charges trapped in an InAs quantum dot. Measurement of the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-16 Aykutlu Dâna , Charles Santori , Yoshihisa Yamamoto

We review some of our recent experimental studies on low-carrier concentration, mesoscopic two-dimensional electron gases (m2DEGs). The m2DEGs show a range of striking characteristics including a complete avoidance of the strongly localised…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-21 Vijay Narayan , Michael Pepper , David Ritchie