DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5496.1546. Resistance Spikes at Transitions Between Quantum Hall Ferromagnets

Resistance Spikes at Transitions Between Quantum Hall Ferromagnets

10.1126/science.290.5496.1546

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Abstract

We report a manifestation of first-order magnetic transitions in two-dimensional electron systems. This phenomenon occurs in aluminum arsenide quantum wells with sufficiently low carrier densities and appears as a set of hysteretic spikes in the resistance of a sample placed in crossed parallel and perpendicular magnetic fields, each spike occurring at the transition between states with different partial magnetizations. Our experiments thus indicate that the presence of magnetic domains at the transition starkly increases dissipation, an effect also suspected in other ferromagnetic materials. Analysis of the positions of the transition spikes allows us to deduce the change in exchange-correlation energy across the magnetic transition, which in turn will help improve our understanding of metallic ferromagnetism.

Bibliography

De Poortere, E. P., Tutuc, E., Papadakis, S. J., & Shayegan, M. (2000). Resistance Spikes at Transitions Between Quantum Hall Ferromagnets. Science, 290(5496), 1546â1549.

Authors 4

E. P. De Poortere (first)
E. Tutuc (additional)
S. J. Papadakis (additional)
M. Shayegan (additional)

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The relevant mass in our measurements is the cyclotron effective mass which in AlAs (100) is 0.46 m e [see for example
Lay T. S., et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 62, 3121 (1993); / Appl. Phys. Lett. by Lay T. S. (1993)
]. In AlAs (411)B on account of geometric arguments we estimate the cyclotron mass at 0.41 m e .
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and references therein.
Data for Figs. 1B 2 and 3 were collected during different cool-downs.
In a previous publication (5) we reported an enhanced ￨ g * ￨ ≃ 9.0 for 2D electrons in AlAs quantum wells because we chose to combine the effects of both exchange-correlation and Zeeman energies into the effective g factor.
For approximate values of exchange-correlation energies of 2D electrons in a magnetic field see for example A. H. MacDonald and D. S. Ritchie [ Phys. Rev. B 33 8336 (1986)].
V. I. Fal'ko
Iordanskii S. V., Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 402 (1999). (10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.402) / Phys. Rev. Lett. by Iordanskii S. V. (1999)
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and references therein.
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T. Jungwirth I. Mihalek H. Fertig D. Lilliehöök A. H. MacDonald in preparation.
Lilliehöök D., Phys. Rev. B 62, 7303 (2000). (10.1103/PhysRevB.62.7303) / Phys. Rev. B by Lilliehöök D. (2000)
We thank A. MacDonald for illuminating discussions. Our research has been supported by the NSF. We thank E. Palm and T. Murphy for their help with parts of our measurements done at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Tallahassee FL which is also supported by the NSF.

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