Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2007-06-05
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
4 pages. Submitted to Applied Physics Letters
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2753735
We report low-temperature resistance measurements in a modulation-doped, (311)A GaAs two-dimensional hole system as a function of applied in-plane strain. The data reveal a strong but anisotropic piezoresistance whose magnitude depends on the density as well as the direction along which the resistance is measured. At a density of $1.6\times10^{11}$ cm$^{-2}$ and for a strain of about $2\times10^{-4}$ applied along [01$\bar{1}$], e.g., the resistance measured along this direction changes by nearly a factor of two while the resistance change in the [$\bar{2}$33] direction is less than 10% and has the opposite sign. Our accurate energy band calculations indicate a pronounced and anisotropic deformation of the heavy-hole dispersion with strain, qualitatively consistent with the experimental data. The extremely anisotropic magnitude of the piezoresistance, however, lacks a quantitative explanation.
de Poortere E. P.
Habib B.
Shabani J.
Shayegan Mansour
Winkler Reinhard
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