Enhancement of the $ν= 5/2$ Fractional Quantum Hall State in a Small In-Plane Magnetic Field

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2012-03-29

arxiv.org/abs/1203.6421v1

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Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

5+ pages, 3 figures, accepted for by Phy. Rev. Lett

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Using a 50-nm width, ultra-clean GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well, we have studied the Landau level filling factor $\nu = 5/2$ fractional quantum Hall effect in a perpendicular magnetic field $B \sim$ 1.7 T and determined its dependence on tilted magnetic fields. Contrary to all previous results, the 5/2 resistance minimum and the Hall plateau are found to strengthen continuously under an increasing tilt angle $0 < \theta < 25^\circ$ (corresponding to an in-plane magnetic field 0 $<$ $B_\parallel$ $< 0.8$ T). In the same range of $\theta$ the activation gaps of both the 7/3 and the 8/3 states are found to increase with tilt. The 5/2 state transforms into a compressible Fermi liquid upon tilt angle $\theta > 60^\circ$, and the composite fermion series [2+$p/(2p\pm1)$], $p =$ 1, 2 can be identified. Based on our results, we discuss the relevance of a Skyrmion spin texture at $\nu = 5/2$ associated with small Zeeman energy in wide quantum wells, as proposed by W$\acute{\text o}$js $et$ $al$., Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 086801 (2010).

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