Search for composite fermions at filling factor 5/2: Role of Landau level and subband index

M. A. Mueed, D. Kamburov, Md. Shafayat Hossain, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, K. W. Baldwin, and M. Shayegan
Phys. Rev. B 95, 165438 – Published 21 April 2017

Abstract

The pairing of composite fermions (CFs), i.e., electron-flux quasiparticles, is commonly proposed to explain the even-denominator fractional quantum Hall state observed at ν=5/2 in the first excited (N=1) Landau level (LL) of a two-dimensional electron system (2DES). While well established to exist in the lowest (N=0) LL, much is unknown about CFs in the N=1 LL. Here we carry out geometric resonance measurements to detect CFs at ν=5/2 by subjecting the 2DES to a one-dimensional density modulation. Our data, taken at a temperature of 0.3 K, reveal no geometric resonances for CFs in the N=1 LL. In stark contrast, we observe clear signatures of such resonances when ν=5/2 is placed in the N=0 LL of the antisymmetric subband by varying the 2DES width. This finding implies that the CFs' mean free path is significantly smaller in the N=1 LL compared to the N=0 LL. Our additional data as a function of in-plane magnetic field highlight the role of subband index and establish that CFs at ν=5/2 in the N=0 LL are more anisotropic in the symmetric subband than in the antisymmetric subband.

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  • Received 28 December 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.165438

©2017 American Physical Society

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Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

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M. A. Mueed, D. Kamburov, Md. Shafayat Hossain, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. West, K. W. Baldwin, and M. Shayegan

  • Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA

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Vol. 95, Iss. 16 — 15 April 2017

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