Laughlin-liquid-Wigner-solid transition at high density in wide quantum wells.

نویسندگان

  • Price
  • Zhu
  • Das Sarma S
  • Platzman
چکیده

Assuming that the phase transition between the Wigner solid and the Laughlin liquid is first-order, we compare ground-state energies to find features of the phase diagram at fixed ν. Rather than use the Coulomb interaction, we calculate the effective interaction in a square quantum well, and fit the results to a model interaction with length parameter λ roughly proportional to the width of the well. We find a transition to the Wigner solid phase at high density in very wide wells, driven by the softening of the interaction at short distances, as well as the more well-known transition to the Wigner solid at low density, driven by Landau-level mixing.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review. B, Condensed matter

دوره 51 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1995