Thermal and Quantum Melting Phase Diagrams for a Magnetic-Field-Induced Wigner Solid

Ma, Meng K.; Villegas Rosales, K.  A.; Deng, H.; Chung, Y.  J.; Pfeiffer, L. N.; West, K.  W.; Baldwin, K.  W.; Winkler, R.; Shayegan, M.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.125.036601

Thermal and Quantum Melting Phase Diagrams for a Magnetic-Field-Induced Wigner Solid

Journal Article · Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.125.036601· OSTI ID:1800000

^[1]; Villegas Rosales, K. A. ^[2]; Deng, H. ^[2]; Chung, Y. J. ^[2]; ^[2]; West, K. W. ^[2]; Baldwin, K. W. ^[2]; Winkler, R. ^[3]; Shayegan, M. ^[2]

Princeton Univ., NJ (United States); OSTI
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States)

A sufficiently large perpendicular magnetic field quenches the kinetic (Fermi) energy of an interacting two-dimensional (2D) system of fermions, making them susceptible to the formation of a Wigner solid (WS) phase in which the charged carriers organize themselves in a periodic array in order to minimize their Coulomb repulsion energy. In low-disorder 2D electron systems confined to modulation-doped GaAs heterostructures, signatures of a magnetic-field-induced WS appear at low temperatures and very small Landau level filling factors ($$\textit{ν}$$ ≃ 1/5). In dilute GaAs 2D hole systems, on the other hand, thanks to the larger hole effective mass and the ensuing Landau level mixing, the WS forms at relatively higher fillings ($$\textit{ν}$$ ≃ 1/3). Here we report our measurements of the fundamental temperature vs filling phase diagram for the 2D holes’ WS-liquid thermal melting. Moreover, via changing the 2D hole density, we also probe their Landau level mixing vs filling WS-liquid quantum melting phase diagram. In this work, we find our data to be in good agreement with the results of very recent calculations, although intriguing subtleties remain.

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Research Organization:: Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

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OSTI ID:: 1800000

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 125; ISSN 0031-9007

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Language:: English

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