Fermi Liquid Model of Radiation Induced Magnetoresistance Oscillations in GaAs/AlxGa1−xAs Heterostructure Two-Dimensional Electron System: Theoretical Evidence of an Electron Reservoir

Abstract The magnetoresistance oscillations in GaAs/AlxGa1−xAs heterostructures induced by millimeterwave radiation recently observed by Zudov et al. [Phys. Rev. B 64, 201311 (2001)] is theoretically reproduced by introducing a model based on the finite temperature Fermi liquid theory of dc conductivity and the electron reservoir hypothesis. The obtained oscillation patterns show excellent agreement with the experimental result by Zudov et al. and are independent of the polarization of the radiation field in accordance with the experimental observation by Smet et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 116804 (2005)].