Crossover and coexistence of quasiparticle excitations in the fractional quantum hall regime at nu < or =1/3.
New low-lying excitations are observed by inelastic light scattering at filling factors nu=p/(phip+/-1) of the fractional quantum Hall regime with phi=4. Coexisting with these modes throughout the range nu < or =1/3 are phi=2 excitations seen at 1/3. Both phi=2 and phi=4 excitations have distinct behaviors with temperature and filling factor. The abrupt first appearance of the new modes in the low-energy excitation spectrum at nu > or near 1/3 suggests a marked change in the quantum ground state on crossing the phi=2-->phi=4 boundary at nu=1/3.
Hirjibehedin
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Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Pinczuk
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Dennis
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Pfeiffer
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West
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