Phase Transition in ν=2 Bilayer Quantum Hall State

A. Sawada, Z. F. Ezawa, H. Ohno, Y. Horikoshi, Y. Ohno, S. Kishimoto, F. Matsukura, M. Yasumoto, A. Urayama

Published 1998-01-10Version 1

The Hall-plateau width and the activation energy were measured in the bilayer quantum Hall state at filling factor \nu=2, 1 and 2/3, by changing the total electron density and the density ratio in the two quantum wells. Their behavior are remarkably different from one to another. The \nu=1 state is found stable over all measured range of the density difference, while the \nu=2/3$ state is stable only around the balanced point. The \nu=2 state, on the other hand, shows a phase transition between these two types of the states as the electron density is changed.