1. Temperature dependence of the amplitude of the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in a two-dimensional electron gas
- Author
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J. T. Devreese, F Geerinckx, Xiaoguang Wu, François M. Peeters, Fap Frans Blom, P. F. Fontein, and JH Joachim Wolter
- Subjects
Condensed matter physics ,Chemistry ,Cyclotron ,Heterojunction ,Surfaces and Interfaces ,Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,law.invention ,Magnetic field ,Effective mass (solid-state physics) ,Amplitude ,law ,Materials Chemistry ,Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons ,Fermi gas ,Scaling ,Dimensionless quantity - Abstract
Shubnikov-de Haas measurements have been performed on a high-mobility AlxGa1−xAs/GaAs heterostructure as a function of temperature (1.7⩽T⩽4.2 K) and magnetic field strength (0.25 ⩽B⩽0.70T). The temperature dependence of the amplitude of the Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations is used to define an effective mass of the two-dimensional electron gas. This apparent mass depends strongly on temperature and magnetic field and decreases to values much smaller than that for the cyclotron mass. The apparent mass shows a scaling behavior as a function of the dimensionless quantity k B T h ω c .
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- 1990