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S. Abedi

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Microwave-Induced Magneto-Intersubband Scattering in a Square Lattice of Antidots

The effect of microwave radiation on low-temperature electron magnetotransport in a square antidot lattice with a period of d = 0.8 micrometer based on a GaAs quantum well with two occupied energy subbands E1 and E2 is investigated. It is shown that, owing to a significant difference between the electron densities in the subbands, commensurability oscillations of the resistance in the investigated antidot lattice are observed only for the first subband. It is found that microwave irradiation under the cyclotron resonance condition results in the formation of resistance oscillations periodic in the inverse magnetic field in the region of the main commensurability peak. It is established that the period of these oscillations corresponds to the period of magneto-intersubband oscillations. The observed effect is explained by the increase in the rate of intersubband scattering caused by the difference between the electron heating in the subbands E1 and E2.

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Anomalous Decay of Quantum Resistance Oscillations of Two Dimensional Helical Electrons in Magnetic Field

Shubnikov de Haas resistance oscillations of highly mobile two dimensional helical electrons propagating on a conducting surface of strained HgTe 3D topological insulator are studied in magnetic fields B tilted by angle $θ$ from the normal to the conducting layer. Strong decrease of oscillation amplitude A is observed with the tilt: $A \sim \exp(-ξ/cos(θ))$, where $ξ$ is a constant. Evolution of the oscillations with temperature T shows that the parameter $ξ$ contains two terms: $ξ=ξ_1+ξ_2 T$. The temperature independent term, $ξ_1$, describes reduction of electron mean free path in magnetic field B pointing toward suppression of the topological protection of the electron states against impurity scattering. The temperature dependent term, $ξ_2 T$, indicates increase of the reciprocal velocity of 2D helical electrons suggesting modification of the electron spectrum in magnetic fields.

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