Session J11: Fractional Quantum Hall Effect I
11:15 AM–2:03 PM, Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Room: D222
Sponsoring Unit:
FIAP
Chair: Nikolai Zhitenev, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Abstract ID: BAPS.2011.MAR.J11.4
Abstract: J11.00004 : Phase diagram of the even-denominator fractional quantum Hall state at $\nu$ = 1/2 in wide quantum wells
11:51 AM–12:03 PM
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Authors:
Javad Shabani
(Princeton University)
Mansour Shayegan
(Princeton University)
We have studied the fractional quantum Hall (FQH) effect in very high quality two dimensional electrons confined to GaAs single wide quantum wells. In these systems typically two electric subbands are occupied at zero magnetic field and the electron charge distribution in the quantum well is bilayer-like. For a symmetric charge distribution and appropriate electron density, a unique even-denominator FQH state emerges at filling factor $\nu$ = 1/2 which has no counter-part in standard, single-layer systems [1]. We have revisited this problem by studying wide quantum well samples with narrower well widths, $47 \leq w \leq 64$ nm, and hence larger tunneling, $\Delta$ (up to 35 K). The new $\nu$ = 1/2 data in these narrower samples allow us to expand the $d/l_{B}$ vs. $\Delta/(e^{2}/4 \pi \epsilon l_{B})$ phase diagram for the stability of the $\nu$ = 1/2 FQH state (d is the layer distance and $l_{B}$ is the magnetic length). Based on this phase diagram, we find that, it is not clear whether this state has a Pfaffian or a two-component Halperin origin. \\[4pt] [1] Y. W. Suen et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 3405 (1994).
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