Spin polarization of strongly interacting 2D electrons: the role of disorder

Abstract

In high-mobility silicon MOSFET's, the $g^{\ast }{m}^{\ast }$ inferred indirectly from magnetoconductance and magnetoresistance measurements with the assumption that $g^{\ast }{\mu }_B{H}_s=2E_F$ are in surprisingly good agreement with $g^{\ast }{m}^{\ast }$ obtained by direct measurement of Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations. The enhanced susceptibility ${\chi }^{\ast }\propto (g^{\ast }{m}^{\ast })$ exhibits critical behavior of the form ${\chi }^{\ast }\propto (n-n_0{)}^{-\alpha }$. We examine the significance of the field scale $H_s$ derived from transport measurements, and show that this field signals the onset of full spin polarization only in the absence of disorder. Our results suggest that disorder becomes increasingly important as the electron density is reduced toward the transition.

4 pages, 3 figures

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