Optical probing of composite fermions in a two-dimensional electron gas

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 239-243

  Byszewski, M ^a,f   Chwalisz, B ^a   Maude, D K ^a   Sadowski, M L ^a   Potemski, M ^a   Saku, T ^b   Hirayama, Y ^b,c,d   Studenikin, S ^e   Austing, D G ^e   Sachrajda, A S ^e   Hawrylak, P ^e  

^a GRENOBLE HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LABORATORY   (France)

^b Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^f EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONS; EXCITONS; FILLING; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; QUANTUM THEORY;

CHARGED EXCITATIONS; COMPOSITE FERMION; FRACTIONAL QUANTUM HALL EFFECTS; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTRA; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY;

TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS;

EID: 33645785283     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys273     Document Type: Article

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