학술논문

Optical Hall Effect in the Integer Quantum Hall Regime
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 256802 (2010)
Subject
Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Language
Abstract
Optical Hall conductivity $\sigma_{xy}(\omega)$ is measured from the Faraday rotation for a GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction quantum Hall system in the terahertz frequency regime. The Faraday rotation angle ($\sim$ fine structure constant $\sim$ mrad) is found to significantly deviate from the Drude-like behavior to exhibit a plateau-like structure around the Landau-level filling $\nu=2$. The result, which fits with the behavior expected from the carrier localization effect in the ac regime, indicates that the plateau structure, although not quantized, still exists in the terahertz regime.
Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures