Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2002-01-26
Phys. Rev. B 65, 245312 (2002)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
8 pages, 8 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.65.245312
We report low-field magnetotransport data in two-dimensional hole systems in GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures and quantum wells, in a large density range, $2.5 \times 10^{10} \leq p \leq 4.0 \times 10^{11}$ cm$^{-2}$, with primary focus on samples grown on (311)A GaAs substrates. At high densities, $p \gtrsim 1 \times 10^{11}$ cm$^{-2}$, we observe a remarkably strong positive magnetoresistance. It appears in samples with an anisotropic in-plane mobility and predominantly along the low-mobility direction, and is strongly dependent on the perpendicular electric field and the resulting spin-orbit interaction induced spin-subband population difference. A careful examination of the data reveals that the magnetoresistance must result from a combination of factors including the presence of two spin-subbands, a corrugated quantum well interface which leads to the mobility anisotropy, and possibly weak anti-localization. None of these factors can alone account for the observed positive magnetoresistance. We also present the evolution of the data with density: the magnitude of the positive magnetoresistance decreases with decreasing density until, at the lowest density studied ($p = 2.5 \times 10^{10}$ cm$^{-2}$), it vanishes and is replaced by a weak negative magnetoresistance.
de Poortere E. P.
Lyon Stephen A.
Manoharan Hari C.
Papadakis Stergios J.
Shayegan Mansour
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