Wigner crystallization and metal-insulator transition of two-dimensional holes in GaAs at B=0

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Yoon, J [1 ]
Li, CC
Shahar, D
Tsui, DC
Shayegan, M
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[1] Princeton Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[2] Weizmann Inst Sci, Dept Condensed Matter Phys, IL-76100 Rehovot, Israel
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.1744
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We report the transport properties of a low disorder two-dimensional hole system (2DHS) in the GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure, which has an unprecedentedly high peak mobility of 7 x 10(5) cm(2)/V s, with a hole density of 4.8 x 10(9) < p < 3.72 x 10(10) cm(-2) in the temperature range of 50 mK < T < 1.3 K. From their T, p, and electric field dependences, we find that the metal-insulator transition in zero magnetic field in this exceptionally clean 2DHS occurs at r(s) = 35.1 +/- 0.9, which is in good agreement with the critical r(s) for Wigner crystallization r(s)(c) = 37 +/- 5, predicted by Tanatar and Ceperley for an ideally clean 2D system.
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