Magneto-quantum-resistance oscillations in tunnel-coupled double quantum wells in tilted magnetic fields: Variable Landau biladders
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (United States)
We present a linear-response theory of magneto-quantum-resistance oscillations of the in-plane resistances R{sub xx} and R{sub yy} in two coupled quasi-two-dimensional electron layers in tilted magnetic fields {bold B}=(B{sub {parallel}},B{sub {perpendicular}}), and explain recent data from GaAs/Al{sub x}Ga{sub 1{minus}x}As double quantum wells. In this system, the electrons are in the two tunnel-split ground sublevels. The cyclotron masses of the two orbits on the Fermi surface have opposite dependences on the in-plane field B{sub {parallel}}: one increases monotonically, while the other decreases as a function of B{sub {parallel}} in the regime of interest. As a result, the rungs of one Landau ladder sweep up through the Fermi level, while those of the other Landau ladder sweep down when B{sub {parallel}} is increased at a fixed perpendicular field B{sub {perpendicular}}. Ridges are obtained in the three-dimensional plots of both R{sub xx} and R{sub yy} and the density of states versus (B{sub {parallel}},B{sub {perpendicular}}) due to Fermi-level crossing by the rungs of the Landau ladders. Giant peaks are obtained when two ridges intersect each other. The (B{sub {parallel}},B{sub {perpendicular}}) dependence of R{sub xx} as well as theoretical evidence of magnetic breakdown yields good agreement with recent data from GaAs/Al{sub x}Ga{sub 1{minus}x}As double quantum wells. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}
- OSTI ID:
- 638798
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 58; ISSN PRBMDO; ISSN 0163-1829
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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