Apparent temperature-induced reorientation of quantum Hall stripes

作者:Shi Q; Zudov M A*; Friess B; Smet J; Watson J D; Gardner G C; Manfra M J
来源:PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 2017, 95(16): 161404.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.161404

摘要

Our magnetotransport measurements of quantum Hall stripes in a high-quality GaAs quantum well in a slightly tilted magnetic field reveal that the orientation of stripes can be changed by temperature. Field-cooling and field-warming measurements, as well as observation of hysteresis at intermediate temperatures allow us to conclude that the observed temperature-induced reorientation of stripes is owing to the existence of two distinct minima in the symmetry-breaking potential. We also find that the native symmetry-breaking mechanism does not depend on temperature and that low-temperature magnetotransport data should be treated with caution as they do not necessarily reveal the true ground state, even in the absence of hysteresis.

  • 出版日期2017-4-11