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Published August 2007 | Submitted
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Quantum lifetime of two-dimensional holes

Abstract

The quantum lifetime of two-dimensional holes in a GaAs/AlGaAs double quantum well is determined via tunneling spectroscopy. At low temperatures the lifetime is limited by impurity scattering but at higher temperatures hole–hole Coulomb scattering dominates. Our results are consistent with the Fermi liquid theory, at least up to r_s = 11. At the highest temperatures the measured width of the hole spectral function becomes comparable to the Fermi energy. A new, tunneling–spectroscopic method for determining the in-plane effective mass of the holes is also demonstrated.

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© 2007 Elsevier Ltd. Received 15 June 2007, Accepted 17 June 2007, Available online 21 June 2007. This work was supported by the NSF under Grant No. DMR-0242946 and the DOE under Grant No. DE-FG03-99ER45766.

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