Published September 3, 2001 | Version v1
Journal article

Oscillating Sign of Drag in High Landau Levels

Description

Motivated by experiments, we study the sign of the Coulomb drag voltage in a double layer system in a strong magnetic field. We show that the commonly used Fermi golden rule approach implicitly assumes a linear dependence of intralayer conductivity on density, and is thus inadequate in strong magnetic fields. Going beyond this approach, we show that the drag voltage commonly changes sign with density difference between the layers. We find that, in the quantum Hall regime, the Hall and longitudinal drag resistivities may be comparable. Our results are also relevant for pumping and acoustoelectric experiments

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
87
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 106803-106803.4
ISSN
0031-9007

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
32064466
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PUMPING; SHUBNIKOV-DE HAAS EFFECT
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

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Notes
Othernumber: PRLTAO000087000010106803000001; 026136PRL
Funding organization
(US)