Shubnikov-de Haas Magnetoresistance Oscillations Research Articles

Theoretical Investigation of the Shubnikov-de Haas Magnetoresistance Oscillations in a Quantum well under the Influence of Confined Acoustic Phonons

The Shubnikov – de Haas magnetoresistance oscillations in the Quantum well (QW) under the influence of confined acoustic phonons, The theoretical results show that the conductivity tensor, the complex magnetic impedance of the magnetic field, the frequency, the amplitude of the laser radiation, the QW width, the temperature of the system and especially the quantum index m characterizes the confinement of the phonon. The amplitude of the oscillations of the Shubnikov-de Haas impedance decreases with the increase of the influence of the confined acoustic phonons. The results for bulk phonons in a QW could be achieved, when m goes to zero. We has been compared with other studies when perform the numerical calculations are also achieved for the GaAs/AlGaAs in the QW. Results show that The Shubnikov-de Haas magnetoresistance oscillations amplitude decrease when phonon confinement effect increasing and when width L of the QW increases to a certain value, The Shubnikov – de Haas magnetoresistance oscillations amplitude completely disappears can not be observed.

Origin and Magnitude of ‘Designer’ Spin-Orbit Interaction in Graphene on Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

We use a combination of experimental techniques to demonstrate a general occurrence of spin-orbit interaction (SOI) in graphene on transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) substrates. Our measurements indicate that SOI is ultra-strong and extremely robust, despite it being merely interfacially-induced, with neither graphene nor the TMD substrates changing their structure. This is found to be the case irrespective of the TMD material used, of the transport regime, of the carrier type in the graphene band, and of the thickness of the graphene multilayer. Specifically, we perform weak antilocalization measurements as the simplest and most general diagnostic of SOI, and show that the spin relaxation time is very short in all cases regardless of the elastic scattering time. Such a short spin-relaxation time strongly suggests that the SOI originates from a modification of graphene band structure. We confirmed this expectation by measuring a gate-dependent beating, and a corresponding frequency splitting, in the low-field Shubnikov-de Haas magneto-resistance oscillations in high quality bilayer graphene on WSe$_2$. These measurements provide an unambiguous diagnostic of a SOI-induced splitting in the electronic band structure, and their analysis allows us to determine the SOI coupling constants for the Rashba term and the so-called spin-valley coupling term, i.e., the terms that were recently predicted theoretically for interface-induced SOI in graphene. The magnitude of the SOI splitting is found to be on the order of 10 meV, more than 100 times greater than the SOI intrinsic to graphene. Both the band character of the interfacially induced SOI, as well as its robustness and large magnitude make graphene-on-TMD a promising system to realize and explore a variety of spin-dependent transport phenomena, such as, in particular, spin-Hall and valley-Hall topological insulating states.

The high-order cyclotron modes in Fermi liquid of Q2D layered conductors

Experimental studies of galvanomagnetic phenomena in a large family of tetrathiafulvalene based ion-radical salts of the form (BEDT TTF)2X (X stands for a set of various anions) indicate that these layered compounds possess the metal type electrical conductivity. This permits to describe electron processes in such conductors based on the well-developed concept of quasiparticles, analogous to conduction electrons in metals. Observation of Shubnikov-de Haas magnetoresistance oscillations �,p �

Characterization of an AlGaN/GaN two-dimensional electron gas structure

An AlxGa1−xN/GaN two-dimensional electron gas structure with x=0.13 deposited by molecular beam epitaxy on a GaN layer grown by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy on a sapphire substrate was characterized. X-ray diffraction maps of asymmetric reciprocal lattice points confirmed that the thin AlGaN layer was coherently strained to the thick GaN layer. Methods for computing the aluminum mole fraction in the AlGaN layer by x-ray diffraction are discussed. Hall effect measurements gave a sheet electron concentration of 5.1×1012 cm−2 and a mobility of 1.9×104 cm2/V s at 10 K. Mobility spectrum analysis showed single-carrier transport and negligible parallel conduction at low temperatures. The sheet carrier concentrations determined from Shubnikov–de Haas magnetoresistance oscillations were in good agreement with the Hall data. The electron effective mass was determined to be 0.215±0.006 m0 based on the temperature dependence of the amplitude of Shubnikov–de Haas oscillations. The quantum lifetime was about one-fifth of the transport lifetime of 2.3×10−12 s.

Electrical transport of an AlGaN/GaN two-dimensional electron gas

An AlxGa1−xN/GaN two-dimensional electron gas structure with x = 0.13 deposited by molecular beam epitaxy on a GaN layer grown by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy on a sapphire substrate was characterized. Hall effect measurements gave a sheet electron concentration of 5.1×1012 cm−2 and a mobility of 1.9 × 104 cm2/Vs at 10 K. Mobility spectrum analysis showed single-carrier transport and negligible parallel conduction at low temperatures. The sheet carrier concentrations determined from Shubnikov-de Haas magnetoresistance oscillations were in good agreement with the Hall data. The electron effective mass was determined to be 0.215±0.006 m0 based on the temperature dependence of the amplitude of Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations. The quantum lifetime was about one-fifth of the transport lifetime of 2.3 × 10−12 s.

Electrical Transport of an AlGaN/GaN Two-Dimensional Electron Gas

AbstractAn AlxGa1-xN/GaN two-dimensional electron gas structure with x = 0.13 deposited by molecular beam epitaxy on a GaN layer grown by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy on a sapphire substrate was characterized. Hall effect measurements gave a sheet electron concentration of 5.1×1012 cm-2 and a mobility of 1.9 × 104 cm2/Vs at 10 K. Mobility spectrum analysis showed single-carrier transport and negligible parallel conduction at low temperatures. The sheet carrier concentrations determined from Shubnikov-de Haas magnetoresistance oscillations were in good agreement with the Hall data. The electron effective mass was determined to be 0.215±0.006 m0 based on the temperature dependence of the amplitude of Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations. The quantum lifetime was about one-fifth of the transport lifetime of 2.3 × 10-12 s.