Two-Dimensional Electron Systems: on Helium and other Cryogenic Substrates / Edition 1

by E.Y. Andrei

Overview

Recent studies on two-dimensional systems have led to new insights into the fascinating interplay between physical properties and dimensionality. Many of these ideas have emerged from work on electrons bound to the surface of a weakly polarizable substrate such as liquid helium or solid hydrogen. The research on this subject continues to be at the forefront of modern condensed matter physics because of its fundamental simplicity as well as its connection to technologically useful devices.
This book is the first comprehensive overview of experimental and theoretical research in this exciting field. It is intended to provide a coherent introduction for graduate students and non-experts, while at the same time serving as a reference source for active researchers in the field. The chapters are written by individuals who made significant contributions and cover a variety of specialized topics. These include the origin of the surface states, tunneling and magneto-tunneling out of these states, the phase diagram, collective excitations, transport and magneto-transport.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792347385
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	09/30/1997
Series:	Physics and Chemistry of Materials with Low-Dimensional Structures , #19
Edition description:	1997
Pages:	398
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

The Surface State Electron.- The Phase Diagram.- 2D Coulomb Crystals on a Liquid Substrate.- Thermodynamic Measurement on the Melting of a Two-Dimensional Electron Solid.- Propagation of Shear in a Two-Dimensional Electron Solid.- Electron Transport on a Liquid Helium Surface.- Many-Electron Transport Phenomena in Nondegenerate 2D Electron Systems.- Magnetotransport and the Hall Effect.- Collective Excitations in High Magnetic Fields.- Nonlinear Transport of the Electron Crystal.- Escape out of the Electron Layer: Thermal Activation.- Escape out of the 2D Electron Layer: Tunneling and Magneto-Tunneling.- Polaronic and Confinement Effects for Surface Electrons on Helium.- Electrons on Helium Films.- Nonlinear Effects — The Multi-electron Dimple.- Quantum Localization Effects in Non-Degenerate 2D Electron Gases.- The Ion Crystal.

Editorial Reviews

Presents experimental and theoretical research in the field, providing an introduction for graduate students and non-experts and serving as a reference for researchers. Focuses on electrons bound to the surface of liquid helium which form a non-degenerate 2D system of fermions. Early chapters describe the surface electron state, the phase diagram of the 2D electron system, and the properties of the Wagner crystal. Later chapters describe experiments with the Wagner crystal, and discuss the many-electron theory of transport of a 2D non-degenerate system, transport phenomena, experiments on the out-of-plane motion of electrons, non-linear and polaronic effects, the effects of disorder on transport properties, and properties of the 2D non-degenerate system that forms when charged particles are trapped under the surface of liquid helium. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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