Abstract
Transport studies on bilayer two-dimensional electron systems in GaAs double quantum wells have revealed a new fractional quantum Hall state that has no known counterpart in a single-layer 2D system. At total filling fraction ν=1/2 we observe a deep minimum in the diagonal resistivity and a flat Hall plateau within 1.5% of 2h/. Studies of this new state in several samples with varying densities and layer separations strongly suggest this new state arises from interlayer Coulomb correlations. The data also suggest that the ν=1 quantum Hall effect seen in these samples has a similar origin.
- Received 10 December 1991
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.1383
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