Pinning-mode resonance of a Skyrme crystal near Landau-level filling factor ν=1

Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Jun 4;104(22):226801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.226801. Epub 2010 Jun 1.

Abstract

Microwave pinning-mode resonances found around integer quantum Hall effects, are a signature of crystallized quasiparticles or holes. Application of in-plane magnetic field to these crystals, increasing the Zeeman energy, has negligible effect on the resonances just below Landau-level filling ν=2, but increases the pinning frequencies near ν=1, particularly for smaller quasiparticle or hole densities. The charge dynamics near ν=1, characteristic of a crystal order, are affected by spin, in a manner consistent with a Skyrme crystal.