Macroscopic correlation-driven charge transfer between capacitively isolated electron layers

H. C. Manoharan, Y. W. Suen, T. S. Lay, M. B. Santos, M. Shayegan

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Abstract

Experiments reveal that a confined electron system with two equally populated layers at zero magnetic field can spontaneously break this symmetry through a macroscopic interlayer charge transfer near the magnetic quantum limit. New fractional quantum Hall states at unusual total filling factors such as v = 11/15 ( = 1/3 + 2/3) stabilize as signatures that the system deforms itself, at substantial electrostatic energy cost, in order to gain crucial correlation energy by "locking in" separate incompressible liquid phases at unequal fillings in the two layers (e.g. layered 1/3 and 2/5 states in the case of v = 11/15).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)814-818
Number of pages5
JournalPhysica B: Condensed Matter
Volume249-251
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 17 1998

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • Charge transfer
  • Double-layer electron systems

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