Non-linear electrical conductivity and sliding in a two-dimensional electron crystal on liquid helium
Non-linear electrical conductivity and sliding in a two-dimensional electron crystal on liquid helium
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液氦上二维电子晶体的非线性电导率和滑动
DOI:
10.1088/0953-8984/11/48/328
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发表时间:
1999
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W. Vinen
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作者:
W. Vinen
At a sufficiently low temperature electrons on the surface of liquid helium form a classical Wigner crystal. As long as the electron drift velocity is not too large the electron lattice distorts the helium surface to form a lattice of dimples, which leads to an enhanced electron effective mass. This system is observed to exhibit a complicated non-linear magnetoconductivity, which we discuss in terms of a simple classical model. The model displays in a unified way the effects of two phenomena that have been treated separately by other authors: Bragg-Cerenkov scattering of capillary waves, and decoupling of the electrons from the dimples at high electric fields (sliding). Our results differ in important ways from those of the other authors.