APS March Meeting 2017
Volume 62, Number 4
Monday–Friday, March 13–17, 2017;
New Orleans, Louisiana
Session A27: Fractional Quantum Hall Effect I.
8:00 AM–11:00 AM,
Monday, March 13, 2017
Room: 290
Sponsoring
Unit:
FIAP
Abstract ID: BAPS.2017.MAR.A27.9
Abstract: A27.00009 : Design rules for modulation doped AlAs quantum wells*
9:36 AM–9:48 AM
Authors:
Yoon Jang Chung
(Princeton Univ)
K. W. Baldwin
(Princeton Univ)
K. W. West
(Princeton Univ)
D. Kamburov
(Princeton Univ)
M. Shayegan
(Princeton Univ)
L. N. Pfeiffer
(Princeton Univ)
AlxGa1-xAs/AlAs/AlxGa1-xAs quantum wells were grown with various barrier
compositions ranging from x$=$0.26 to x$=$0.8. We investigate the modulation
doping characteristics of the samples by magneto-transport measurements. The
carrier concentration in the well peaks near the barrier alloy fraction of
x$=$0.26 in the dark and near x$=$0.38 after illumination with a red LED.
This behavior is consistent with the results in a separate study for
AlxGa1-xAs/GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs quantum wells in the range of x$=$0.26 to
x$=$1.0. We show from a charge transfer model that the calculated energy
difference between the conduction band offset at the well interface and the
donor energy level, $\Delta $EC-ED, coincides for the two types of wells.
This implies that, despite the differing positions of the conduction band
minimum for the GaAs and AlAs wells, the doping of either well is governed
by the electronic properties of the barrier. Based on this knowledge we
designed high quality AlAs quantum wells with low (1 x 10$^{11}$ cm$^{-2})$
and high (3 x 10$^{11}$ cm$^{-2})$ density, and the magneto-transport data
show clear signals of the fractional quantum Hall effect (2/3, 3/5, 4/7 for
low density and 5/3, 8/5 for high density).
*Work supported by the NSF (Grants DMR-1305691, ECCS-1508925, and MRSEC DMR-1420541), the DOE Basic Energy Sciences (Grant DE-FG02-00-ER45841), the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Grant GBMF4420), and the Keck Foundation.
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