Measurements of the density-dependent many-body electron mass in 2D GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructures
Abstract
We determine the density-dependent electron mass, m*, in two-dimensional (2D) electron systems of GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures by performing detailed low-temperature Shubnikov deHaas measurements. Using very high quality transistors with tunable electron densities we measure m* in single, high mobility specimens over a wide range of rs (6 to 0.8). Toward low-densities we observe a rapid increase of m* by as much as 40%. For 2>rs>0.8 the mass values fall ~10% below the band mass of GaAs. Numerical calculations are in qualitative agreement with our data but differ considerably in detail.
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