How real are composite fermions?

W. Kang, H. L. Stormer, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. Baldwin, and K. W. West
Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 3850 – Published 6 December 1993
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Abstract

According to recent theories, a system of electrons at the half-filled Landau level can be transformed to an equivalent system of composite fermions at zero effective magnetic field. In order to test for these new particles, we have studied transport in antidot superlattices in a two-dimensional electron gas. At low magnetic fields electron transport exhibits well-known resonances at fields where the classical cyclotron orbit becomes commensurate with the antidot lattice. At ν=1/2 we observe the same dimensional resonances. This establishes the semiclassical behavior of composite fermions.

  • Received 14 September 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.3850

©1993 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

W. Kang, H. L. Stormer, L. N. Pfeiffer, K. W. Baldwin, and K. W. West

  • AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974

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Vol. 71, Iss. 23 — 6 December 1993

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