Magneto-optical probe of two-dimensional electron liquid and solid phases

Authors

E. M. Goldys, University of New South Wales
S. A. Brown, University of New South Wales
R. B. Dunford, University of New South Wales
A. G. Davies, University of New South Wales
R. Newbury, University of New South Wales
R. G. Clark, University of New South Wales
Philip E. Simmonds, University of WollongongFollow
J. J. Harris, University of London, UK
C. T. Foxon, University of Nottingham, UK

Publication Details

This article was originally published as: Goldys, EM, Brown, SA, Dunford, RB, et al, Magneto-optical probe of two-dimensional electron liquid and solid phases, Physical Review B, 1992, 46(12),7957-7960. Copyright 1993 American Physical Society. The original journal can be found here.

Abstract

Band-gap photoluminescence (PL) is used to establish the optical signature of a GaAs-Ga1-xAlxAs heterojunction in the extreme quantum limit. The temperature and field dependence of new PL structure maps a phase boundary which correlates with the electron liquid-solid transition.