Nematic phase of the two-dimensional electron gas in a magnetic field

Details Nematic phase of the two-dimensional electron gas in a magnetic field Nematic phase of the two-dimensional electron gas in a magnetic field

1999-06-04

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9906064v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1982 (2000)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.1982

The two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in moderate magnetic fields in ultra-clean AlAs-GaAs heterojunctions exhibits transport anomalies suggestive of a compressible, anisotropic metallic state. Using scaling arguments and Monte Carlo simulations, we develop an order parameter theory of an electron nematic phase. The observed temperature dependence of the resistivity anisotropy behaves like the orientational order parameter if the transition to the nematic state occurs at a finite temperature, $T_c \sim 65 mK$, and is slightly rounded by a small background microscopic anisotropy. We propose a light scattering experiment to measure the critical susceptibility.

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