TY - JOUR
T1 - Textured edges in quantum hall systems
AU - Karlhede, A.
AU - Kivelson, S. A.
AU - Lejnell, K.
AU - Sondhi, Shivaji Lal
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - We have investigated the formation of spin textures at the edges of quantum Hall systems for several ferromagnetic filling factors. The textures are driven by the same physics that leads to “Skyrmions” in the bulk. For hard confinement and large Zeeman energies, the edges are narrow and spin polarized. Away from this limit and for v = 1/3,1/5, and,1, we find that they widen by developing spin textures. In contrast, for v=3, the edge remains spin polarized, even as it reconstructs. We comment on the mode structure of the reconstructed edges and on possible experimental signatures.
AB - We have investigated the formation of spin textures at the edges of quantum Hall systems for several ferromagnetic filling factors. The textures are driven by the same physics that leads to “Skyrmions” in the bulk. For hard confinement and large Zeeman energies, the edges are narrow and spin polarized. Away from this limit and for v = 1/3,1/5, and,1, we find that they widen by developing spin textures. In contrast, for v=3, the edge remains spin polarized, even as it reconstructs. We comment on the mode structure of the reconstructed edges and on possible experimental signatures.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.2061
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.2061
M3 - Article
C2 - 10061847
AN - SCOPUS:4243363137
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 77
SP - 2061
EP - 2064
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 10
ER -