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A high mobility two-dimensional electron system exhibits large changes in the resistance, and zero-resistance states, under microwave and Terahertz excitation. We describe associated experimental results and the possibility of using this system as a radiation detector.

Experimental measurements of photoresistivity under terahertz (THz) radiation in low magnetic fields at conditions of cyclotron resonance (CR) in two-dimensional electron system (2DES) of GaAs/AlGaAs nanostructures are presented and discussed. We report the experimental discovery of "CR-vanishing effect" (CRV) in GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures with high mobility as a well-defined gap on CR-line that is independent on incident THz power. Our analysis shows that the CRV may appear in systems with well correlated state of 2D electrons such as plasma waves and others. Fundamental nature of these correlated states of electrons in 2DES is discussed. Future THz detectors utilizing the new correlated states in 2DES may expand horizons for supersensitive detection in sub-THz and THz frequencies ranges.

We have measured high frequency magnetotransport of a high quality two-dimensional electron system (2DES) near the reentrant insulating phase (RIP) at Landau fillings (ν) between 1/5 and 2/9. The magnetoconductivity in the RIP has resonant behavior around 150 MHz, showing a peak at ν~0.21. Our data support the interpretation of the RIP as due to some pinned electron solid. We have also investigated a narrowly confined 2DES recently found to have a RIP at 1/3<ν<1/2 and we have revealed features, not seen in DC transport, that suggest some intriguing interplay between the 1/3 FQHE and RIP.

Tuned narrow-band-sensing of microwave and terahertz radiation can be realized by subjecting an irradiated two-dimensional electron system to both a static and a time varying magnetic field, and detecting at the harmonics of the modulation.

We have measured high frequency magnetotransport of a high quality two-dimensional electron system (2DES) near the reentrant insulating phase (RIP) at Landau fillings (ν) between 1/5 and 2/9. The magnetoconductivity in the RIP has resonant behavior around 150 MHz, showing a peak at ν~0.21. Our data support the interpretation of the RIP as due to some pinned electron solid. We have also investigated a narrowly confined 2DES recently found to have a RIP at 1/3<ν<1/2 and we have revealed features, not seen in DC transport, that suggest some intriguing interplay between the 1/3 FQHE and RIP.

A high mobility two-dimensional electron system exhibits large changes in the resistance, and zero-resistance states, under microwave and Terahertz excitation. We describe associated experimental results and the possibility of using this system as a radiation detector.

Experimental measurements of photoresistivity under terahertz (THz) radiation in low magnetic fields at conditions of cyclotron resonance (CR) in two-dimensional electron system (2DES) of GaAs/AlGaAs nanostructures are presented and discussed. We report the experimental discovery of “CR-vanishing effect” (CRV) in GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures with high mobility as a well-defined gap on CR-line that is independent on incident THz power. Our analysis shows that the CRV may appear in systems with well correlated state of 2D electrons such as plasma waves and others. Fundamental nature of these correlated states of electrons in 2DES is discussed. Future THz detectors utilizing the new correlated states in 2DES may expand horizons for supersensitive detection in sub-THz and THz frequencies ranges.