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We have simulated conduction in a two-dimensional electron gas subject to a weak two-dimensional periodic potential, $V_x \cos(2\pi x/a) + V_y \cos(2\pi y/a)$. The usual commensurability oscillations in $\rho_{xx}(B)$ are seen with $V_x$…
Hybrid lateral superlattices composed of a square array of antidots and a periodic one-dimensional magnetic modulation are prepared in $\mathrm{Ga[Al]As}$ heterostructures. The two-dimensional electron gases exposed to these superlattices…
We report on a theoretical study of the commensurability oscillations in a quasi-two-dimensional electron gas modulated by a unidirectional periodic potential and subjected to tilted magnetic fields with a strong in-plane component. As a…
Commensurability oscillations in the magnetoresistivity of a two-dimensional electron gas in a two-dimensional lateral superlattice are studied in the framework of quasiclassical transport theory. It is assumed that the impurity scattering…
We have measured the rf magnetoconductivity of unidirectional lateral superlattices (ULSLs) by detecting the attenuation of microwave through a coplanar waveguide placed on the surface. ULSL samples with the principal axis of the modulation…
We present calculations on the magnetocapacitance of the two-dimensional electron gas in a lateral semiconductor superlattice under two-dimensional weak periodic potential modulation in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field.…
On the basis of Boltzmann's equation, and including anisotropic scattering in the collision operator, we investigate the effect of one-dimensional superlattices on two-dimensional electron systems. In addition to superlattices defined by…
Magnetotransport measurements in combination with molecular dynamics (MD) simulations on two-dimensional disordered Lorentz gases in the classical regime are reported. In quantitative agreement between experiment and simulation, the…
The linear response theory is used to describe magnetoresistance oscillations of short-period unilateral superlattices with strong modulation (or alternatively arrays of coupled quantum wires). The semiclassical description of this system…
We have observed commensurability oscillations (CO) in the Hall resistance $R_{yx}$ of a unidirectional lateral superlattice (ULSL). The CO, having small amplitudes ($\sim$ 1 $\Omega$) and being superposed on a roughly three-orders of…
Magnetotransport measurements have been performed on Fibonacci lateral superlattices (FLSLs) -- two-dimensional electron gases subjected to a weak potential modulation arranged in the Fibonacci sequence, LSLLSLS..., with L/S=tau (the golden…
In half-filled high Landau levels, two-dimensional electron systems possess collective phases which exhibit a strongly anisotropic resistivity tensor. A weak, but as yet unknown, rotational symmetry-breaking potential native to the host…
Several optical experiments have shown that in magnetic materials the principal axes of response tensors can rotate in a magnetic field. Here we offer a microscopic explanation of this effect, and propose a closely related DC transport…
An analytical study of the low-field magnetoresistance of a two-dimensional electron gas subject to a weak periodic modulation is presented. We assume small-angle impurity scattering characteristic for high-mobility semiconductor…
We study the geometric and physical effects of quadrupolar configurations of disclinations using a conformal metric approach in $(2+1)$ dimensions. Two cases are considered: a linear quadrupole, inducing anisotropic curvature with a…
We have uncovered a new class of small amplitude magnetoresistance oscillation in unidirectional lateral superlattice (ULSL). The oscillation is observed in a low-field regime, typically |B| =< 0.03 T, as small undulation on top of…
We show in the case of a superconducting Nb ladder that a mesoscopic superconductor typically exhibits magnetoresistance oscillations whose amplitude and temperature dependence are different from those stemming from the Little-Parks effect.…
We use lithographically induced strain relaxation to periodically modulate the magnetic anisotropy in a single (Ga,Mn)As layer. This results in a lateral magnetoresistance device where two non-volatile magnetic states exist at zero external…
The conductivity of a two-dimensional electron gas in a parallel magnetic field is calculated. We take into account the magnetic field induced spin-splitting, which changes the density of states, the Fermi momentum and the screening…
We calculate the magnetoconductivity tensor of a 2D electron gas in a 1D periodic potential and quantising magnetic fields. We study the internal structure of the Shubnikov-de Haas peaks and analyse recent experimental results. The…