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Studying electrons on curved surfaces by trapping and manipulating multielectron bubbles in liquid helium

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  • Vaisakh Vadakkumbatt

    (Indian Institute of Science)

  • Emil Joseph

    (Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science)

  • Anustuv Pal

    (Indian Institute of Science)

  • Ambarish Ghosh

    (Indian Institute of Science
    Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science
    Indian Institute of Science)

Abstract

Investigations of two-dimensional electron systems (2DES) have been achieved with two model experimental systems, covering two distinct, non-overlapping regimes of the 2DES phase diagram, namely the quantum liquid phase in semiconducting heterostructures and the classical phases observed in electrons confined above the surface of liquid helium. Multielectron bubbles in liquid helium offer an exciting possibility to bridge this gap in the phase diagram, as well as to study the properties of electrons on curved flexible surfaces. However, this approach has been limited because all experimental studies have so far been transient in nature. Here we demonstrate that it is possible to trap and manipulate multielectron bubbles in a conventional Paul trap for several hundreds of milliseconds, enabling reliable measurements of their physical properties and thereby gaining valuable insight to various aspects of curved 2DES that were previously unexplored.

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  • Vaisakh Vadakkumbatt & Emil Joseph & Anustuv Pal & Ambarish Ghosh, 2014. "Studying electrons on curved surfaces by trapping and manipulating multielectron bubbles in liquid helium," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-6, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms5571
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5571
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    1. Prashanti Jami & Biswarup Ash & Amit Ghosal, 2023. "Significance of the nature of disorder on the universal features of the spatio-temporal correlations of two-dimensional Coulomb-clusters," The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Springer;EDP Sciences, vol. 96(4), pages 1-12, April.

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