Microwave induced negative resistance states in 2D electron gas with periodic modulation

Abstract

We study the microwave-induced photoconductivity of a two-dimensional electron system (2DES) in the presence of a magnetic field and a two-dimensional modulation. The microwave and Landau contributions are exactly taken into account, while the periodic potential is treated perturbatively. The longitudinal resistivity exhibits oscillations, periodic in $\omega /{\omega }_c$. Negative resistance states (NRS) develop for sufficiently high electron mobility and microwave power. This phenomenon appears in a narrow window region of values of the lattice parameter ($a$), around $a\sim l_B$, where $l_B$ is the magnetic length. It is proposed that these phenomena may be observed in artificially fabricated arrays of periodic scatterers at the interface of ultraclean heterostructures. {73.20.At,05.60.-k, 72.15.Rn}

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