Evidence of a first-order phase transition between Wigner-crystal and Bubble phases of 2D electrons in higher landau levels

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Lewis, R M ^a,b   Chen, Yong ^a,b   Engel, L W ^a   Tsui, D C ^b   Ye, P D ^a,b   Pfeiffer, L N ^c   West, K W ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETIC FLUX; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROWAVES; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY;

BUBBLE PHASES; FIRST-ORDER PHASE TRANSITION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON SYSTEMS (2DES);

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 19744381193     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.176808     Document Type: Article

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