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A. V. Suslov

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arXiv2014

Unusual Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in BiTeCl

We report measurements of Shubnikov-de Haas (SdH) oscillations in single crystals of BiTeCl at magnetic fields up to 31 T and at temperatures as low as 0.4 K. Two oscillation frequencies were resolved at the lowest temperatures, $F_{1}=65 \pm 4$ Tesla and $F_{2}=156 \pm 5$ Tesla. We also measured the infrared optical reflectance $\left(\cal R(ω)\right)$ and Hall effect; we propose that the two frequencies correspond respectively to the inner and outer Fermi sheets of the Rashba spin-split bulk conduction band. The bulk carrier concentration was $n_{e}\approx1\times10^{19}$ cm$^{-3}$ and the effective masses $m_{1}^{*}=0.20 m_{0}$ for the inner and $m_{2}^{*}=0.27 m_{0}$ for the outer sheet. Surprisingly, despite its low effective mass, we found that the amplitude of $F_{2}$ is very rapidly suppressed with increasing temperature, being almost undetectable above $T\approx4$ K.

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arXiv2013

Acoustoelectric effects in very high-mobility $p$-SiGe/Ge/SiGe heterostructure at low temperatures in high magnetic fields

The contactless Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) technique was implemented to probe the high-frequency (ac) conductivity in a high-mobility $p$-SiGe/Ge/SiGe structure in the integer quantum Hall (IQHE) regime. The structure was grown by low-energy plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition and comprised a two-dimensional channel formed in a compressively strained Ge layer. It was investigated at temperatures of 0.3 - 5.8 K and magnetic fields up to 18 T at various SAW intensities. In the IQHE regime, in minima of the conductivity oscillations with small filling factors, holes are localized. The ac conductivity is of the hopping nature and can be described within the "two-site" model. Furthermore, the dependence of the ac conductivity on the electric field of the SAW was determined. The manifestation of non-linear effects is interpreted in terms of nonlinear percolation-based conductivity.

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arXiv2012

Effects of Spin Polarization in the HgTe Quantum Well

Magnetoresistivity features connected with the spin level coincidences under tilted fields in a $Γ_8$ conduction band of the HgTe quantum well were found to align along straight trajectories in a $(B_\bot,B_{||})$ plane between the field components perpendicular and parallel to the layer meaning a linear spin polarization dependence on magnetic field. Among the trajectories is a noticeable set of lines descending from a single point on the $B_{||}$ axis, which is shown to yield a field of the full spin polarization of the electronic system, in agreement with the data on the electron redistribution between spin subbands obtained from Fourier transforms of oscillations along circle trajectories in the $(B_\bot,B_{||})$ plane and with the point on the magnetoresistivity under pure $B_{||}$ separating a complicated weak field dependence from the monotonous one. The whole picture of coincidences is well described by the isotropic $g$-factor although its value is twice as small as that obtained from oscillations under pure perpendicular fields. The discrepancy is attributed to different manifestations of spin polarization phenomena in the coincidences and within the exchange enhanced spin gaps. In the quantum Hall range of $B_\bot$, the spin polarization manifests in anticrossings of magnetic levels, which were found to depend dramatically nonmonotonously on $B_\bot$.

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arXiv2012

Magnetoresistivity in a Tilted Magnetic Field in p-Si/SiGe/Si Heterostructures with an Anisotropic g-Factor: Part II

The magnetoresistance components $ρ_{xx}$ and $ρ_{xy}$ were measured in two p-Si/SiGe/Si quantum wells that have an anisotropic g-factor in a tilted magnetic field as a function of temperature, field and tilt angle. Activation energy measurements demonstrate the existence of a ferromagnetic-paramagnetic (F-P) transition for a sample with a hole density of $p$=2$\times10^{11}$\,cm$^{-2}$. This transition is due to crossing of the 0$\uparrow$ and 1$\downarrow$ Landau levels. However, in another sample, with $p$=7.2$\times10^{10}$\,cm$^{-2}$, the 0$\uparrow$ and 1$\downarrow$ Landau levels coincide for angles $Θ$=0-70$^{\text{o}}$. Only for $Θ$ > 70$^{\text{o}}$ do the levels start to diverge which, in turn, results in the energy gap opening.

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arXiv2011

Acoustic Studies of AC Conductivity Mechanisms in $n$-GaAs/AlGaAs in the Integer and Fractional Quantum Hall Effect Regime

In case of a of the heterostructure n-GaAs/AlGaAs with sheet density $n=2 \times 10^{11}$cm$^{-2}$ and mobility $μ\approx 2 \times 10^6$ cm$^2$/V$\cdot$s with integer and fractional quantum Hall effect (IQHE and FQHE, respectively) we demonstrate the wide applicability of acoustic methods for determining the general conduction parameters of a two dimensional electron gas. We also examine the mechanisms of low-temperature conductivity in the minima of oscillations of high frequency conductivity in the IQHE and FQHE regimes. In the magnetic field region where electrons are delocalized, the parameters determined by the acoustic technique do not differ from those determined by a direct current. However, the acoustic measurements do not require Hall bars and electrical contacts to be fabricated. In the minima of IQHE and FQHE oscillations electrons are localized, and ac conductivity turns to be via hopping. An analysis of the high frequency conductivity in the QHE regime has been carried out within a "two site" model. Furthermore, measurements of acoustoelectric effects in a tilted magnetic field provided the dependence of the activation energy on magnetic field in the fractional quantum Hall effect regime at $ν$=2/3.

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arXiv2011

Spin Polarization Phenomena and Pseudospin Quantum Hall Ferromagnetism in the HgTe Quantum Well

The parallel field of a full spin polarization of the electron gas in a \Gamma8 conduction band of the HgTe quantum well was obtained from the magnetoresistance by three different ways in a zero and quasi-classical range of perpendicular field component Bper. In the quantum Hall range of Bper the spin polarization manifests in anticrossings of magnetic levels, which were found to strongly nonmonotonously depend on Bper.

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arXiv2010

Magnetoresistivity and Acoustoelectronic Effects in a Tilted Magnetic Field in $p$-Si/SiGe/Si Structures with an Anisotropic $g$ Factor

Magnetoresistivity $ρ_{xx}$ and $ρ_{xy}$ and the acoustoelectronic effects are measured in $p$-Si/SiGe/Si with an impurity concentration $p$ = 2 $\times $ 10$^{11}$ cm$^{-2}$ in the temperature range 0.3-2.0 K and an tilted magnetic field up to 18 T. The dependence of the effective $g$-factor on the angle of magnetic field tilt $θ$ to the normal to the plane of a two dimensional $p$-Si/SiGe/Si channel is determined. A first order ferromagnet-paramagnet phase transition is observed in the magnetic fields corresponding to a filling factor $ν$ = 2 at $θ\approx $ 59$^\textrm{o}$-60$^\textrm{o}$.

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arXiv2009

Magnetoresistance in Dilute $p$-Si/SiGe in Parallel and Tilted Magnetic Fields

We report the results of an experimental study of the magnetoresistance $ρ_{xx}$ and $ρ_{xy}$ in two samples of $p$-Si/SiGe with low carrier concentrations $p$=8.2$\times10^{10}$ cm$^{-2}$ and $p$=2$\times10^{11}$ cm$^{-2}$. The research was performed in the temperature range of 0.3-2 K and in the magnetic fields of up to 18 T, parallel or tilted with respect to the two-dimensional (2D) channel plane. The large in-plane magnetoresistance can be explained by the influence of the \textit{in-plane} magnetic field on the orbital motion of the charge carriers in the quasi-2D system. The measurements of $ρ_{xx}$ and $ρ_{xy}$ in the tilted magnetic field showed that the anomaly in $ρ_{xx}$, observed at filling factor $ν$=3/2 is practically nonexistent in the conductivity $σ_{xx}$. The anomaly in $σ_{xx}$ at $ν$=2 might be explained by overlapping of the levels with different spins 0$\uparrow$ and 1$\downarrow$ when the tilt angle of the applied magnetic field is changed. The dependence of g-factor $g^*(Θ)/g^*(0^0)$ on the tilt angle $Θ$ was determined.

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arXiv2009

Large Magnetoresistance of a Dilute $p$-Si/SiGe/Si Quantum Well in a Parallel Magnetic Field

We report the results of an experimental study of the magnetoresistance $ρ_{xx}$ in two samples of $p$-Si/SiGe/Si with low carrier concentrations $p$=8.2$\times10^{10}$ cm$^{-2}$ and $p$=2$\times10^{11}$ cm$^{-2}$. The research was performed in the temperature range of 0.3-2 K in the magnetic fields of up to 18 T, parallel to the two-dimensional (2D) channel plane at two orientations of the in-plane magnetic field $B_{\parallel}$ against the current $I$: $B_{\parallel} \perp I$ and $B_{\parallel} \parallel I$. In the sample with the lowest density in the magnetic field range of 0-7.2 T the temperature dependence of $ρ_{xx}$ demonstrates the metallic characteristics ($d ρ_{xx}/dT>$0). However, at $B_{\parallel}$ =7.2 T the derivative $d ρ_{xx}/dT$ reverses the sign. Moreover, the resistance depends on the current orientation with respect to the in-plane magnetic field. At $B_{\parallel} \cong$ 13 T there is a transition from the dependence $\ln(Δρ_{xx} / ρ_{0})\propto B_{\parallel}^2$ to the dependence $\ln(Δρ_{xx} / ρ_{0})\propto B_{\parallel}$. The observed effects can be explained by the influence of the in-plane magnetic field on the orbital motion of the charge carriers in the quasi-2D system.

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arXiv2007

Magnetotransport in low-density $p$-Si/SiGe heterostructures: From metal through hopping insulator to Wigner glass

We study DC and AC transport in low-density $p-$Si/SiGe heterostructures at low temperatures and in a broad domain of magnetic fields up to 18 T. Complex AC conductance is determined from simultaneous measurement of velocity and attenuation of a surface acoustic wave propagating in close vicinity of the 2D hole layer. The observed behaviors of DC and AC conductance are interpreted as an evolution from metallic conductance at B=0 through hopping between localized states in intermediate magnetic fields (close to the plateau of the integer quantum Hall effect corresponding to the Landau-level filling factor $ν$=1) to formation of the Wigner glass in the extreme quantum limit ($B\gtrsim 14$, $T \lesssim 0.8$ K).

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arXiv2005

AC Conductance in Dense Array of the Ge$_{0.7}$Si$_{0.3}$ Quantum Dots in Si

Complex AC-conductance, $σ^{AC}$, in the systems with dense Ge$_{0.7}$Si$_{0.3}$ quantum dot (QD) arrays in Si has been determined from simultaneous measurements of attenuation, $ΔΓ=Γ(H)-Γ(0)$, and velocity, $ΔV /V=(V(H)-V(0)) / V(0)$, of surface acoustic waves (SAW) with frequencies $f$ = 30-300 MHz as functions of transverse magnetic field $H \leq$ 18 T in the temperature range $T$ = 1-20 K. It has been shown that in the sample with dopant (B) concentration 8.2$ \times 10^{11}$ cm$^{-2}$ at temperatures $T \leq$4 K the AC conductivity is dominated by hopping between states localized in different QDs. The observed power-law temperature dependence, $σ_1(H=0)\propto T^{2.4}$, and weak frequency dependence, $σ_1(H=0)\propto ω^0$, of the AC conductivity are consistent with predictions of the two-site model for AC hopping conductivity for the case of $ωτ_0 \gg $1, where $ω=2πf$ is the SAW angular frequency and $τ_0$ is the typical population relaxation time. At $T >$ 7 K the AC conductivity is due to thermal activation of the carriers (holes) to the mobility edge. In intermediate temperature region 4$ < T<$ 7 K, where AC conductivity is due to a combination of hops between QDs and diffusion on the mobility edge, one succeeded to separate both contributions. Temperature dependence of hopping contribution to the conductivity above $T^*\sim$ 4.5 K saturates, evidencing crossover to the regime where $ωτ_0 < $1. From crossover condition, $ωτ_0(T^*)$ = 1, the typical value, $τ_0$, of the relaxation time has been determined.

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arXiv1999

Electron localization in sound absorption oscillations in the quantum Hall effect regime

The absorption coefficient for surface acoustic waves in a piezoelectric insulator in contact with a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure (with two-dimensional electron mobility $μ= 1.3\times 10^5 cm^2/V\cdot s)$ at T=4.2K) via a small gap has been investigated experimentally as a function of the frequency of the wave, the width of the vacuum gap, the magnetic field, and the temperature. The magnetic field and frequency dependencies of the high-frequency conductivity (in the region 30-210 MHz) are calculated and analyzed. The experimental results can be explained if it assumed that there exists a fluctuation potential in which current carrier localization occurs. The absorption of the surface acoustic waves in an interaction with two-dimensional electrons localized in the energy "tails" of Landau levels is discussed.

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arXiv1998

Heating of a two-dimensional electron gas by the electric field of a surface acoustic wave

The heating of a two-dimensional electron gas by an rf electric field generated by a surface acoustic wave, which can be described by an electron temperature $T_e$, has been investigated. It is shown that the energy balance of the electron gas is determined by electron scattering by the piezoelectric potential of the acoustic phonons with $T_e$ determined from measurements at frequencies $f$= 30 and 150 MHz. The experimental curves of the energy loss $Q$ versus $T_e$ at different SAW frequencies depend on the value of $ω\barτ_ε$, compared to 1, where $ \bar τ_ε$ is the relaxation time of the average electron energy. Theoretical calculations of the heating of a two-dimensional electron gas by the electric field of the surface acoustic wave are presented for the case of thermal electrons ($ΔT \ll T$). The calculations show that for the same energy losses $Q$ the degree of heating of the two-dimensional electrons (i.e., the ratio $T_e/T$) for $ω\barτ_ε>1$ ($f$= 150 MHz) is less than for $ω\barτ_ε<1$ ($f$=30 MHz). Experimental results confirming this calculation are presented.

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arXiv1997

The investigation of the high frequency hopping conductivity in two- and three-dimensional electron gas by an acoustic method

High-frequency (HF) conductivity ($σ_{hf}$) measured by an acoustical method has been studied in GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures in a linear and nonlinear regime on acoustic power. It has been shown that in the quantum Hall regime at magnetic fields corresponding to the middle of the Hall plateaus the HF conductivity is determined by the sum of the conductivity of 2-dimensional electrons in the high-mobility channel and the hopping conductivity of the electrons in the doped thick AlGaAs layer. The dependence of these conductivities on a temperature is analyzed. The width of the Landau level broadened by the impurity random potential is determined.

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arXiv1997

The nonlinear effects in 2DEG conductivity investigation by an acoustic method

The parameters of two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure were determined by an acoustical (contactless) method in the delocalized electrons region ($B\le$2.5T). Nonlinear effects in Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) absorption by 2DEG are determined by the electron heating in the electric field of SAW, which may be described in terms of electron temperature $T_e$. The energy relaxation time $τ_ε$ is determined by the scattering at piezoelectric potential of acoustic phonons with strong screening. At different SAW frequencies the heating depends on the relationship between $ωτ_ε$ and 1 and is determined either by the instantaneously changing wave field ($ωτ_ε$$<1$), or by the average wave power ($ωτ_ε$$>1$).

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