Wigner Crystallization in Spin-Polarized Coupled Electron Quantum Layers: Finite Width Effects

Journal Article · Mon Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3653736· OSTI ID:21612357

Nayak, Mukesh G; Saini, L K ^[1]

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1. Department of Applied Physics, S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat - 395 007, Gujarat (India)

We study the effect of finite width on Wigner crystallization in a spin-polarized coupled electron layers. Correlation among carriers are treated beyond the static mean-field theories by using the quantum version of Singwi, Tosi, Land and Sjoelander (qSTLS) theory over a wide range of layer parameters viz. density parameter r{sub sl} and interlayer spacing d. Interestingly we find that the inclusion of finite width of layers lowered the critical density for the onset of Wigner crystal (WC) as compared to the similar recent studies of spin-polarized coupled electron layers without finite width effects.

• OSTI ID: 21612357
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1393, Issue 1; Conference: ICACNM-2011: International conference on advances in condensed and nano materials, Chandigarh (India), 23-26 Feb 2011; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3653736; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
CRYSTALLIZATION
CRYSTALS
DENSITY
ELECTRONS
INCLUSIONS
LAYERS
MEAN-FIELD THEORY
NANOSTRUCTURES
POLARIZATION
SPIN ORIENTATION
WIDTH
DIMENSIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
LEPTONS
ORIENTATION
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES