Two-dimensional electrons in a magnetic superlattice

H. A. Carmona; A. Nogaret; A. K. Geim; P. C. Main; T. J. Foster; M. Henini; S. P. Beaumont; H. McLelland; M. G. Blamire

doi:10.1016/0038-1101(95)00252-9

Two-dimensional electrons in a magnetic superlattice

H. A. Carmona, A. Nogaret, A. K. Geim, P. C. Main, T. J. Foster, M. Henini, S. P. Beaumont, H. McLelland, M. G. Blamire

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Abstract

We report on the motion of two-dimensional electrons in a magnetic field which is periodic on the scale of a few hundred nanometres. Such a system exhibits novel magnetoresistance oscillations that we unambiguously identify as due to a commensurability effect between the period of the magnetic field and the diameter of the cyclotron orbit. We find that a semiclassical picture of electron motion can quantitatively describe all of the observed experimental features. We also propose methods of optimizing the effects of the magnetic modulation in hybrid semiconductor-superconductor devices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	217-220
Number of pages	3
Journal	Solid State Electronics
Volume	40
Issue number	1-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0038-1101(95)00252-9
Publication status	Published - 1996

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magnetoresistance oscillations
gas
field

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