Hydrodynamic charge transport in GaAs/AlGaAs ultrahigh-mobility two-dimensional electron gas

Abstract

Viscous fluid in an ultrahigh-mobility two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells is systematically studied through measurements of negative magnetoresistance (NMR) and photoresistance under microwave radiation, and the data are analyzed according to recent theoretical work by e.g., Alekseev, Physical Review Letters 117,166601 (2016). Size-dependent and temperature dependent NMR are found to conform to the theoretical predictions. In particular, transport of 2DEG with relatively weak Coulomb interaction (interparticle interaction parameter r_s<1) manifests a crossover between viscous liquid and viscous gas. The size dependence of microwave induced resistance oscillations and that of the '2nd harmonic' peak indicate that 2DEG in a moderate magnetic field should be regarded as viscous fluid as well. Our results suggest that the hydrodynamic effects must be considered in order to understand semiclassical electronic transport in a clean 2DEG.

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