Microwave resonance of the bubble phases in 1/4 and 3/4 filled high Landau levels
23 September 2002
We have measured the diagonal conductivity, sigma(xx), in the microwave regime of an ultrahigh mobility two dimensional electron system. We find a sharp resonance in Re{[}sigma(xx)] versus frequency when nu>4 and the partial filling of the highest Landau level, nu({*}), is similar to1/4 or 3/4 and temperatures 0.1 K. The resonance appears for a range of nu({*}) from 0.20 to 0.38 and again from 0.64 to 0.80. The peak frequency f(pk) changes from similar to500 to similar to150 MHz as nu({*})=1/2 is approached. This range of f(pk) shows no dependence on nu where the resonance is observed. The quality factor, Q, of the resonance is maximum at about nu({*})=0.25 and 0.74. We interpret the resonance as due to a pinning mode of the bubble phase crystal.