Electron solid at the Si surface in zero magnetic field?
Kravchenko S.V., Pudalov V.M., Campbell J., D'lorio M.
We report observation of an electric field threshold conduction and saturation of voltage-current characteristics accompanying by ac voltage generation in low-density two-dimensional electron layer at the Si surface in zero magnetic field. The observed effects seem to be inconsistent with single-particle conduction and support the formation of a pinned quantum electron solid in zero magnetic field.