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Published on: June 28, 2018
Nature of the spin transition in the half-filled Landau level
Y Q Li1, V Umansky, K von Klitzing
1Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569, Stuttgart, Germany.
Abstract:
We report transport and nuclear spin relaxation studies of a density tunable two-dimensional electron system at filling nu=1/2 in tilted magnetic fields. The transition from partial to full spin polarization with an in-plane field leaves a clear signature in the resistance. Nuclear spin relaxation studies suggest that puddles of minority spins are responsible for an observed non-Korringa temperature dependence. This inhomogeneous spin polarization, similarly encountered in manganites where it strongly affects resistance, may help with understanding the spin dependent transport at nu=1/2.
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