Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Precision measurement of electron-electron scattering in GaAs/AlGaAs using transverse magnetic focusing

  • Adbhut Gupta,
  • J. J. Heremans,
  • Gitansh Kataria,
  • Mani Chandra,
  • S. Fallahi,
  • G. C. Gardner,
  • M. J. Manfra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25327-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Electron-electron scattering plays a crucial role in many solid state phenomena; however, the direct measurement of electron-electron scattering length is challenging. Here, the authors use transverse magnetic focusing to measure this quantity in high-mobility GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures.