Tunneling Spectroscopy of GaAs Bilayer Hole System

ORAL

Abstract

We measure tunneling between two two-dimensional (2D) GaAs (311)A hole layers with a density of about $3\!\times\! 10^{10} cm^{-2}$, and separated by about 23 nm (well width 15 nm, barrier width 8 nm). At very low interlayer biases, the tunneling data are similar to 2D GaAs electron samples. But at higher interlayer biases, typically in the range 400 to 600 and 1100 to 1200 $\mu$V, the spectra show additional conductance peaks. The side peaks move to higher bias at higher densities, and their positions also evolve with applied parallel magnetic field. We discuss possible origin of these anomalous side peaks.

Authors

  • Nathaniel Bishop

    Princeton University

  • YenTing Chiu

    Princeton University

  • Mansour Shayegan

    Princeton University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544

  • Emanuel Tutuc

    Microelectronics Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Princeton University