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Thermoelectric transport of the half-filled lowest Landau level in a p -type Ge/SiGe heterostructure

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
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  1. Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT)
  3. National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China); National Nano Device Lab., Hsinchu, Taiwan (Republic of China)

In this work, we investigate the thermoelectric transport properties of the half-filled lowest Landau level v=1/2 in a gated two-dimensional hole system in a strained Ge/SiGe heterostructure. The electron-diffusion dominated regime is achieved below 600 mK, where the diffusion thermopower Sxx d at v=1/2 shows a linear temperature dependence. In contrast, the diffusion-dominated Nernst signal Sxy d of v=1/2 is found to approach zero, which is independent of the measurement configuration (sweeping magnetic field at a fixed hole density or sweeping the density by a gate at a fixed magnetic field).

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); National Science Foundation (NSF); Welch Foundation; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); Ministry of Science and Technology (Taiwan); Ministry of Education (Taiwan)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
OSTI ID:
1601273
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1599513
Report Number(s):
SAND--2020-1875J; 683891
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 101; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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