Physics of the insulating phase in the dilute two-dimensional electron gas
V. M. Yakovenko*, V. A. Khodel+*
*Condensed Matter Theory Center, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
+Russian Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", 123182 Moscow, Russia
PACS: 73.20.-r, 73.21.Fg
Abstract
We propose to use the radio-frequency single-electron
transistor as an extremely sensitive probe to detect the
time-periodic ac signal generated by sliding electron lattice in the
insulating state of the dilute two-dimensional electron gas. We
also propose to use the optically-pumped NMR technique to probe the
electron spin structure of the insulating state. We show that the
electron effective mass and spin susceptibility are strongly
enhanced by critical fluctuations of electron lattice in the
vicinity of the metal-insulator transition, as observed in
experiment.