HIGH-QUALITY 2-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON-SYSTEM CONFINED IN AN ALAS QUANTUM-WELL

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LAY, TS [1 ]
HEREMANS, JJ [1 ]
SUEN, YW [1 ]
SANTOS, MB [1 ]
HIRAKAWA, K [1 ]
SHAYEGAN, M [1 ]
ZRENNER, A [1 ]
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[1] TECH UNIV MUNICH,WALTER SCHOTTKY INST,W-8046 GARCHING,GERMANY
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10.1063/1.109128
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We report the fabrication and characterization of a high-quality two-dimensional electron system in the X-point valley of an AlAs quantum well. The modulation doped structure has a density of n(s) = 2.5 X 10(11) cm-2 and low-temperature mobility mu = 3 X 10(4) cm2/V s. Cyclotron resonance data reveal an effective mass m(c) = 0.46m0, indicating that the X-point conduction valleys with heavy in-plane mass are occupied. In the magnetotransport data, we observe quantum Hall states at consecutive integral Landau-level fillings (nu), implying that the degeneracy of these valleys is lifted. Our data at high magnetic fields show well-developed fractional quantum Hall states at nu = 1/3 and 2/3 with a gap of 1/3DELTA = 1.3K for the nu = 1/3 state at B almost-equal-to 30 T.
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