Multiple interacting bilayer electron system: Magnetotransport and heat capacity measurements

Abstract

We report the fabrication, magnetotransport, and heat capacity measurements on a GaAs/AlGaAs multiple double-quantum-well heterostructure in the quantum Hall (QH) regime. Magnetotransport data reveal the existence of a correlated QH state at total Landau level filling factor ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{t}=1.$ Near ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{t}=2,$ we observe the nuclear contribution to the measured heat capacity of the Ga and As atoms in GaAs quantum wells. The heat capacity data indicate that Skyrmions are the lowest-energy excitations of the ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{t}=2$ ferromagnetic QH ground state.