Textured edges in quantum hall systems

A. Karlhede, S. A. Kivelson, K. Lejnell, Shivaji Lal Sondhi

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2061-2064
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume77
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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