Spectroscopic observation of Wigner crystallization of 2D electrons in a strong transverse magnetic field
Buhmann H. , Joss W. , von Klitzing K. , Kukushkin I. V., Martinez G. , Plaut A. , Ploog K. , Timofeev V. B.
A new line appears in the radiative-recombination spectra of 2D electrons in GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures in a strong transverse magnetic field at low temperatures (T~ 0.4 K) upon the attainment of a critical filling factor vc = 0.28. The behavior of this line as a function of the magnetic field, the temperature, and the disorder is linked with a Wigner crystallization in a system of interacting electrons.