Evidence for a Bilayer Quantum Wigner Solid

H. C. Manoharan, Y. W. Suen, M. B. Santos, and M. Shayegan
Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 1813 – Published 26 August 1996
PDFExport Citation

Abstract

As the electronic charge distribution in a wide quantum well is tuned from a monolayer through an interacting bilayer configuration toward weakly coupled parallel layers, we observe an insulating phase concurrently manifesting a dramatic evolution. The data reveal that both interlayer interactions and charge symmetry, playing crucial roles, are able to stabilize a correlated bilayer electron insulator, thus providing tantalizing evidence of a pinned bilayer Wigner solid phase crystallizing at total filling factor ν as large as 0.54 (ν>14 in each layer).

  • Received 20 February 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.1813

©1996 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

H. C. Manoharan*, Y. W. Suen, M. B. Santos, and M. Shayegan

  • Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

  • *Electronic address: hari@princeton.edu

References (Subscription Required)

Click to Expand
Issue

Vol. 77, Iss. 9 — 26 August 1996

Reuse & Permissions
Access Options
Author publication services for translation and copyediting assistance advertisement

Authorization Required


×
×

Images

×

Sign up to receive regular email alerts from Physical Review Letters

Log In

Cancel
×

Search


Article Lookup

Paste a citation or DOI

Enter a citation
×