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In this study, we present our experimental investigation on the magnetotransport properties of a two-dimensional electron system in GaAs quantum wells utilizing a variety of device geometries, including obstacles with thin barriers and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-25 A. D. Levin , G. M. Gusev , A. S. Yaroshevich , Z. D. Kvon , A. K. Bakarov

We report non-local electrical measurements in a mesoscopic size two-dimensional (2D) electron gas in a GaAs quantum well in a hydrodynamic regime. Viscous electric flow is expected to be dominant when electron-electron collisions occur…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-16 A. D. Levin , G. M. Gusev , E. V. Levinson , Z. D. Kvon , A. K. Bakarov

At low temperatures, in very clean two-dimensional (2D) samples the electron mean free path for collisions with static defects and phonons becomes greater than the sample width. Under this condition, the electron transport occurs by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-15 P. S. Alekseev

Viscous fluid in an ultrahigh-mobility two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells is systematically studied through measurements of negative magnetoresistance (NMR) and photoresistance under microwave radiation, and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-04 Xinghao Wang , Peizhe Jia , Rui-Rui Du , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. Baldwin , K. W. West

We examine nonlinear transport in a viscous two-dimensional electron fluid within narrow GaAs channels. The differential magnetoresistance shows nonmonotonic behavior, a signature of electron pairing in the hydrodynamic regime. Theoretical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 A. D. Levin , G. M. Gusev , A. K. Bakarov

In metallic samples of small enough size and sufficiently strong momentum-conserving scattering, the viscosity of the electron gas can become the dominant process governing transport. In this regime, momentum is a long-lived quantity whose…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-06-07 Thomas Scaffidi , Nabhanila Nandi , Burkhard Schmidt , Andrew P. Mackenzie , Joel E. Moore

Two-dimensional (2D) electrons in high-quality nanostructures at low temperatures can form a viscous fluid. We develop a theory of high-frequency magnetotransport in such fluid. The time dispersion of viscosity should be taken into account…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-07 P. S. Alekseev

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…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-29 K. -J. Friedland , R. Hey , H. Kostial , U. Jahn , E. Wiebicke , K. H. Ploog , A. Vorob'ev , Ju. Yukecheva , V. Prinz

The concept of fluidic viscosity is ubiquitous in our everyday life and for it to arise the fluidic medium must necessarily form a continuum where macroscopic properties can emerge. While a powerful concept for tangible liquids,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-04 Sujatha Vijayakrishnan , Z. Berkson-Korenberg , J. Mainville , L. W. Engel , M. P. Lilly , K. W. West , L. N. Pfeiffer , G. Gervais

The hydrodynamic regime of electron transport has been recently realized in conductors with ultra-low densities of defects. Although relaxation processes in two-dimensional (2D) fluids have been studied in many theoretical works, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-04 P. S. Alekseev , A. P. Dmitriev

Phase transitions are characterized by a sharp change in the type of dynamics of microparticles, and their description usually requires quantum mechanics. Recently, a peculiar type of conductors was discovered in which two-dimensional (2D)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-28 A. N. Afanasiev , P. S. Alekseev , A. A. Greshnov , M. A. Semina

Hall viscosity is a nondissipative response function describing momentum transport in two-dimensional (2D) systems with broken time-reversal symmetry. In the classical regime, Hall viscosity contributes to the viscous flow of 2D electrons…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-16 G. M. Gusev , A. D. Levin , E. V. Levinson , A. K. Bakarov

One of the main macroscopic differences between ordinary and highly viscous fluids is the lack of transverse sound in the first and possibility of its excitation in the second. In modern high-mobility conductors (Weyl semimetals,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-11 P. S. Alekseev , A. P. Alekseeva

We measure transport through a Ga[Al]As heterostructure at temperatures between 0.1 K and 30 K. Increasing the temperature enhances the electron-electron scattering rate and viscous effects in the two-dimensional electron gas arise. To…

We investigated magnetotransport in mesoscopic samples containing electrons from three different subbands in GaAs triple wells. At high temperatures, we observed positive magnetoresistance, which we attribute to the imbalance between…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-06 A. D. Levin , G. M. Gusev , V. A. Chitta , A. S. Jaroshevich , A. K. Bakarov

We develop an analytical theoretical model for non-linear hydrodynamic magnetotransport of two-dimensional (2D) electron fluid with strong pair correlations in the electron dynamics. Within classical kinetics of 2D electrons, such…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-22 P. S. Alekseev , M. A. Semina

Electron hydrodynamics is an emerging framework that describes dynamics of interacting electron systems as conventional fluids. While evidence for hydrodynamic-like transport is reported in a variety of two-dimensional materials, precise…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-25 Yihang Zeng , Haoyu Guo , Olivia M. Ghosh , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Leonid S. Levitov , Cory R. Dean

Magnetotransport phenomena often provide critically important information about two-dimensional (2D) electron systems. For example, the independence of magneto-photo-resistance of 2D electrons in best-quality quantum wells on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-11 P. S. Alekseev , A. P. Alekseeva

The hydrodynamic behavior of electron fluids in a certain range of temperatures and densities is well established in graphene and in 2D semiconductor heterostructures. The hydrodynamic regime is intrinsically based on electron-electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-12 Jack N. Engdahl , Aydin Cem Keser , Oleg P. Sushkov

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
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