Photoresonance and conductivity of surface electrons on liquid ³He

• Main Authors: Konstantinov, D., Monarkha, Y., Kono, K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Фізико-технічний інститут низьких температур ім. Б.І. Вєркіна НАН України 2008
• Series: Физика низких температур
• Subjects: Электроны над жидким гелием
• Online Access: http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/116923

Resonance variations of the in-plane conductivity of surface electrons (SEs) over liquid ³He induced by microwave (MW) radiation of a fixed frequency are experimentally and theoretically studied for low temperature scattering regimes (T < 0.5 K). The system was tuned to resonance by varying the amplitude of the vertical electric field which shifts the positions of SE Rydberg levels. The line-shape change and reversing of the sign of the effect are found to be opposite to that reported previously for weak vertical electric fields. A theoretical analysis of conductivity of the SE system heated due to decay of electrons excited to the second Rydberg level by the MW explains well the line-shape variations observed. It shows also that shifting the MW resonance into the range of weak vertical fields leads to important qualitative changes in the line-shape of SE conductivity which are in agreement with observations reported previously.