Zero differential resistance in two-dimensional electron systems at large filling factors

Abstract

We report on a state characterized by a zero differential resistance observed in very high Landau levels of a high-mobility two-dimensional electron system. Emerging from a minimum of Hall field-induced resistance oscillations at low temperatures, this state exists over a continuous range of magnetic fields extending well below the onset of the Shubnikov--de Haas effect. The minimum current required to support this state is largely independent on the magnetic field while the maximum current increases with the magnetic field tracing the onset of inter-Landau level scattering.