Oscillatory magnetothermopower and resonant phonon drag in a high-mobility 2D electron gas

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Apr 16;92(15):156802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.156802. Epub 2004 Apr 15.

Abstract

Experimental and theoretical evidence is presented for new low-magnetic-field (B<5 kG) 1/B oscillations in the thermoelectric power of a high-mobility GaAs/AlGaAs two-dimensional (2D) electron gas. The oscillations result from inter-Landau-level resonances of acoustic phonons carrying a momentum equal to twice the Fermi wave number at B=0. Numerical calculations show that both 3D and 2D phonons can contribute to this effect.