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We present a microscopic theory for transport of the spin polarized charge density wave with both electrons and holes in the $(111)$ GaAs quantum wells. We analytically show that, contradicting to the commonly accepted belief, the spin and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-27 M. Q. Weng , M. W. Wu

We use the edge of the quantum Hall sample to study the possibility for counter-propagating neutral collective excitations. A novel sample design allows us to independently investigate charge and energy transport along the edge. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 E. V. Deviatov , A. Lorke , G. Biasiol , L. Sorba

We observe the inverse spin Hall effect in a two-dimensional electron gas confined in AlGaAs/InGaAs quantum wells. Specifically, we find that an inhomogeneous spin density induced by the optical injection gives rise an electric current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Baoli Liu , Junren Shi , Wenxin Wang , Hongming Zhao , Dafang Li , Shoucheng Zhang , Qikun Xue , Dongmin Chen

We show that cotunneling in the 5/2 fractional quantum Hall regime allows us to test the Moore-Read wave function, proposed for this regime, and to probe the nature of the fractional charge carriers. We calculate the cotunneling current for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-20 Robert Zielke , Bernd Braunecker , Daniel Loss

Magnetotransport measurements on two-dimensional electrons confined to wide GaAs quantum wells reveal a remarkable evolution of the ground state at filling factor $\nu=1/2$ as we tilt the sample in the magnetic field. Starting with a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-08 Sukret Hasdemir , Yang Liu , H. Deng , M. Shayegan , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West , K. W. Baldwin

The quantum Hall effect emerges when two-dimensional samples are subjected to strong magnetic fields at low temperatures: Topologically protected edge states cause a quantized Hall conductivity in multiples of $e^2/h$. Here we show that the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-10-11 Börge Göbel , Ingrid Mertig

Current statistics of an antidot in the fractional quantum Hall regime is studied for Laughlin's series. The chiral Luttinger liquid picture of edge states with a renormalized interaction exponent $g$ is adopted. Several peculiar features…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-07-10 Matteo Merlo , Alessandro Braggio , Nicodemo Magnoli , Maura Sassetti

In this paper, we develop a unified theory for describing Hall effect in various electronic systems based on a pure electron picture (without the hole concept). We argue that the Hall effect is the magnetic field induced symmetry breaking…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-01-26 X. Q. Huang

In high-quality solid-state systems at low temperatures, the hydrodynamic or the ballistic regimes of heat and charge transport are realized in the electron and the phonon systems. In these regimes, the thermal and the electric conductance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-18 P. S. Alekseev , M. A. Semina

The quantum Hall effect is usually observed when the two-dimensional electron gas is subjected to an external magnetic field, so that their quantum states form Landau levels. In this work we predict that a new phenomenon, the quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Chao-Xing Liu , Xiao-Liang Qi , Xi Dai , Zhong Fang , Shou-Cheng Zhang

The quantum Hall effect was originally observed in a two-dimensional electron gas forming Landau levels when exposed to a strong perpendicular magnetic field and was later generalized to Chern insulators without net magnetization. Here,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-04 Benjamin Michen , Jan Carl Budich

Hall effect is detected in organic field-effect transistors, using appropriately shaped rubrene (C42H28) single crystals. It turned out that inverse Hall coefficient, having a positive sign, is close to the amount of electric-field induced…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Takeya , K. Tsukagoshi , Y. Aoyagi , T. Takenobu , Y. Iwasa

In fractional quantum Hall systems, quasiparticles of fractional charge can tunnel between the edges at a quantum point contact. Such tunneling (or backscattering) processes contribute to charge transport, and provide information on both…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-12-04 Hua Chen , Zi-Xiang Hu , Kun Yang , E. H. Rezayi , Xin Wan

The fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) is a canonical example of a topological phase in a correlated 2D electron gas under strong magnetic field. While electric currents propagate as chiral downstream edge modes, chargeless upstream…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Hiroyuki Inoue , Anna Grivnin , Yuval Ronen , Moty Heiblum , Vladimir Umansky , Diana Mahalu

The flow of electric current through a two-dimensional material in a magnetic field gives rise to the family of Hall effects. The quantum versions of these effects accommodate robust electronic edge channels and fractional charges.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-09-21 Robert Peters , Jannis Neuhaus-Steinmetz , Thore Posske

A set of stacked two-dimensional electron systems in a perpendicular magnetic field exhibits a three-dimensional version of the quantum Hall effect if interlayer tunneling is not too strong. When such a sample is in a quantum Hall plateau,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. W. Tomlinson , J. -S. Caux , J. T. Chalker

In double quantum wells electrons experience a Lorentz force oriented perpendicular to the structure plane when an electric current is driven perpendicular to the direction of an in-plane magnetic field. Consequently, the excess charge is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Kolorenc , L. Smrcka , P. Streda

We consider effects of the interaction between electrons drifting along the opposite sides of a narrow sample under the conditions of the quantum Hall effect. A spatial variation of this interaction leads to backward scattering of…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 Yuval Oreg , Alexander M. Finkel'stein

The spin Hall effect does not generally result in a charge Hall voltage. We predict that in systems with inhomogeneous electron density in the direction perpendicular to main current flow, the spin Hall effect is instead accompanied by a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-03-23 Yu. V. Pershin , M. Di Ventra

We study the electronic transport across an electrostatically-gated lateral junction in a HgTe quantum well, a canonical 2D topological insulator, with and without applied magnetic field. We control carrier density inside and outside a…