Comment on cond-mat0409228 Microwave photoresponse in the 2D

We provide an article-extract which points out that a microwave-induced modification in the resistance occurs at relatively "high" magnetic fields where the radiation is incapable of producing inter-Landau level excitations and, therefore, that the microwa

Commentoncond-mat/0409228”Microwavephotoresponseinthe2Delectronsystem

causedbyintra-Landauleveltransitions”

R.G.Mani1,

1

2004

HarvardUniversity,GordonMcKayLaboratoryofAppliedScience,9OxfordStreet,Cambridge,MA02138,USA

(Dated:February2,2008)

Weprovideanarticle-extractwhichpointsoutthatamicrowave-inducedmodi cationintheresistanceoccursatrelatively”high”magnetic eldswheretheradiationisincapableofproducinginter-Landaulevelexcitationsand,therefore,thatthemicrowaveradiationmustbeproducingintra tcLandaulevelexcitationsaswell.

O 9Intheabovementionedcond-matpreprintentitled ”Microwavephotoresponseinthe2Delectronsystem]lcausedbyintra-Landauleveltransitions”,Dorozhkinetlaal.[1]havediscussedaregimeofthemicrowave-inducedhresponseinthe2DESthatdoesnotobtainmuchatten--stion-thelimitof”high”magnetic elds,B,wheretheeLandaulevelspacingh¯ωcexceedsthephotonenergyhf.mBasedontheavailablemodelsforthemicrowave-induced.magnetoresistance,[2]onenaivelyexpectslittlechangeintathemagnetoresistanceuponmicrowaveexcitationinthismlimitbecauseinterLandaulevelexcitationsduetosin--glephotonprocessesareenergeticallyunfavorableanddunlikelywhenB>Bnf,i.e.,h¯ωC>hf.Here,Bf=

o2πfm

/e,fisthemicrowavefrequency,m isane ec-ctivemass,andeistheelectroncharge.Thus,thisB>[ Bfregimeisnoteworthybecauseitpointsoutfurther 1complexityintheexperimentallyobservedphenomena,vthanwhathasbeenappreciatedthusfar.

7Incond-mat/0409228,[1]theclaimtonoveltyseemsto2bethattheworkrepresentsthe rstconsciousidenti -2cationofaroleforintraLandauleveltransitionsinthe01microwaveinducedresistanceresponseintheB>Bf4limit.

0Anidenti cationofaroleforintraLandauleveltransi-/ttionsinthemicrowaveinducedmagnetoresistanceintheaB>Bmflimithasbeenmadepreviously,however,atthe13thInternationalWinterschoolonNewDevelopments-dinSolidStatePhysics-LowDimensionalSystems,innMauterndorf(Salzburg),Austria.[3]Anextractfromtheassociatedpaper,wherethemicrowaveinducedmagne-cotoresistanceintheB>Bflimithasbeenattributedto:vspin- ipintraLandaulevelexcitations,isprovidedintheiXfollowingtwopages.[3]

Perhaps,spin- ipintraLandaulevelexcitationsmightraconstituteaviablemechanismforunderstandingtheobservedphoto-inducedmagnetoresistancee ectintheB>Bflimit.[3]Certainly,spin- ipintraLandaulevelexcitationsremainenergeticallyplausibleintheB>Bflimit,thespinsplittingincludesaBvariationdueto

the eldinducedZeemanterm,and,themagnitudeofthespin-splitting,uponincludingspin-orbite ects,liesinthefrequency(energy)range,[4]wherethemicrowaveradiationproducesaresistancereduction.[3,5]

Electronicaddress:mani@deas.harvard.edu[1]S.Dorozhkinetal.,cond-mat/0409228.

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R.G.Mani,intheProceedingsofthe13thInternationalWinterschoolonNewDevelopmentsinSolidStatePhysics-LowDimensionalSystems,editedbyG.Bauer,W.Jantsch,andF.Kuchar(Mauterndorf(Salzburg),Austria,16-20February,2004)[PhysicaE(Amsterdam)(availableonline/29July2004)].

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Theargumenthasbeenmadethatspin-e ectsneednotbeconsideredherebecause”spin-splittingisnotresolved.”[1]Yet,itisnotobviousthatspin-splittingneedstobe”resolved”forspintohaveaperceptiblee ectontheradiation-inducedmagnetoresistance.Certainly,experi-menthasalreadyshownaradiation-inducedmagnetore-sistancee ect(forB<Bf)evenwhereLandaulevelsplit-tingisapparently”unresolved”byexperiment,i.e.,whereSdHoscillationsarenotobservable,see,forexample,Fig.3(a)inR.G.Manietal.,Phys.Rev.Lett.92,146801(2004).