PROBING A 2-DIMENSIONAL FERMI-SURFACE BY TUNNELING

被引:150
作者
EISENSTEIN, JP
GRAMILA, TJ
PFEIFFER, LN
WEST, KW
机构
[1] AT and T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1991年 / 44卷 / 12期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.44.6511
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Equilibrium tunneling between parallel two-dimensional electron systems is measured as a function of in-plane magnetic field and sheet density. For equal two-dimensional densities the tunnel conductance is sharply peaked around zero field, but varies slowly at intermediate fields. Around 6 T the conductance exhibits a weaker peak followed by an abrupt drop to zero. A simple model of two displaced, but intersecting, Fermi circles explains these results.
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页码:6511 / 6514
页数:4
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