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At high magnetic fields, where the Fermi level lies in the N=0 lowest Landau level (LL), a clean two-dimensional electron system (2DES) exhibits numerous incompressible liquid phases which display the fractional quantized Hall effect (FQHE)…
Charge density waves (CDW) in the second and third Landau levels (LL) are investigated by both non-linear electronic transport and noise. The use of a Corbino geometry ensures that only bulk properties are probed, with no contribution from…
We have investigated the behavior of electronic phases of the second Landau level under tilted magnetic fields. The fractional quantum Hall liquids at $\nu=$2+1/5 and 2+4/5 and the solid phases at $\nu=$2.30, 2.44, 2.57, and 2.70 are…
We present an effective elastic theory which {\em quantitatively} describes the stripe phase of the two-dimensional electron gas in high Landau levels ($N\geq2$). The dynamical matrix is obtained with remarkably high precision from the…
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The ground state of two-dimensional electron systems (2DESs) at low Landau level filling factors ($\nu\lesssim1/6$) has long been a topic of interest and controversy in condensed matter. Following the recent breakthrough in the quality of…
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Collective modes of exotic quantum fluids reveal underlying physical mechanisms responsible for emergent complex quantum ground states. We observe unexpected new collective modes in the fractional quantum Hall (FQH) regime:…
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