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dc.contributor.advisor Du, Rui-rui
dc.creator Zhang, Chi
dc.date.accessioned 2011-07-25T02:07:17Z
dc.date.available 2011-07-25T02:07:17Z
dc.date.issued 2010
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1911/62186
dc.description.abstract This Master of Science Thesis is concerned with electronic transport in the higher Landau levels (LL) in a two-dimensional electron system, where novel many-body electronic phases have been observed. Particular attention is paid to the even-denominator fractional quantum Hall states at LL filling factors 5/2 and 7/2, and the anisotropic states at 9/2 and 11/2. In a high electron density (n = 6.3 x 10 11cm-2), high mobility (mu = 1 x 107cm2/Vs) modulation-doped GaAs/Al0.24Ga 0.76As quantum well, we observed the nu = 5/2 quantum Hall plateau at a high magnetic field B = 10 T. In contrast to previous findings in a lower density system, electronic transport at nu = 9/2 and nu = 11/2 is essentially isotropic. Anisotropic transport at 9/2 and 11/2 can be induced by an in-plane magnetic field, B//. Depending on the B// direction, the nu = 5/2 diagonal resistances in a high B// either remain isotropic or become strongly anisotropic. Our data suggest a new regime for electronic transport in higher LLs.
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dc.language.iso eng
dc.subject Physics
Condensed Matter
dc.title 5/2 state in high election density gallium arsenide/aluminum gallium arsenide quantum well
dc.type.genre Thesis
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thesis.degree.discipline Physics
thesis.degree.grantor Rice University
thesis.degree.level Masters
thesis.degree.name Master of Science
dc.identifier.citation Zhang, Chi. "5/2 state in high election density gallium arsenide/aluminum gallium arsenide quantum well." Masters Thesis, Rice University, ETD http://hdl.handle.net/1911/62186.
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