Observation of pinning mode of stripe phases of 2D systems in high Landau levels

Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Jun 27;100(25):256801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.256801. Epub 2008 Jun 23.

Abstract

We study the radio-frequency diagonal conductivities of the anisotropic stripe phases of higher Landau levels near half-integer fillings. In the hard direction, in which larger dc resistivity occurs, the spectrum exhibits a striking resonance, while in the orthogonal, easy direction, no resonance is discernible. The resonance is interpreted as a pinning mode of the stripe phase.