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Title: Resistively detected NMR of the nu=1 quantum Hall state: A tilted magnetic field study

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (United States)
  2. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 05315-970, SP (Brazil)
  3. National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 (United States)
  4. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (United States)

Previous resistively detected NMR (RDNMR) studies on the nuapprox =1 quantum Hall state have reported a 'dispersionlike' line shape and extremely short nuclear-spin-lattice relaxation times, observations which have been attributed to the formation of a skyrme lattice. Here we examine the evolution of the RDNMR line shape and nuclear-spin relaxation for Zeeman:Coulomb energy ratios ranging from 0.012 to 0.036. According to theory, suppression of the skyrme crystal, along with the associated Goldstone mode nuclear-spin-relaxation mechanism, is expected at the upper end of this range. However, we find that the anomalous line shape persists at high Zeeman energy, and only a modest decrease in the RDNMR-detected nuclear-spin-relaxation rate is observed.

OSTI ID:
21366683
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 81, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.073301; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1098-0121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English