Quantization of entropy in a quasi-two-dimensional electron gas

Abstract

We demonstrate that the partial entropy of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) exhibits quantized peaks at resonances between the chemical potential and electron levels of size quantization. In the limit of no scattering, the peaks depend only on the subband quantization number and are independent on material parameters, shape of the confining potential, electron effective mass and temperature. The quantization of partial entropy is a signature of a topological phase transition in a 2DEG. In the presence of stationary disorder, the magnitude of peaks decreases. Its deviation from the quantized values is a direct measure of the disorder induced smearing of the electronic density of states.

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