Comment on cond-mat0409228 Microwave photoresponse in the 2D(2)

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

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and4.Atthelowestfrequency,f¼3:35GHz;seeFig.3(a),regularoscillationsdonotappearinRxx;andthemicrowaveradiationseemstoproducemostlynegativemagnetoresistance,suchthattheirra-diatedRxxfallsbelowthedarkRxxat eldswellaboveBf:At eldsaboveBf;theradiationseemsincapableofproducinginter-Landaulevelexcita-tions,andtherefore,anewmechanismappearsnecessarytodescribethislow-fbehavior.AstheradiationenergyattheappliedfinFig.3(a)seems

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Fig.3.This gureexhibitstheeffectofmicrowaveirradiationonthediagonalresistance,Rxx;atrelativelylowmicrowavefrequencies.(a)Atf¼3:35GHz;theradiationmostlypro-ducesnegativemagnetoresistanceatmagnetic eldswellaboveBf;wheretheradiationseemsincapableofproducinginter-Landaulevelexcitations.(b)Withincreasingf;theradiation-inducedreductioninRxxaboveBfbecomeslesspronouncedasaresistancemaximum,the‘‘ rstresistancemaximum,’’becomesperceptible.

tolieinthevicinityoftheexpectedzero- eldspinsplittingduetotheRashbaandDresselhaustermsinthisGaAs/AlGaAssystem[19],wesuggestthattheobservedlowfbehaviormightre ectradia-tion-inducedmixingbetweenspinlevelsofthesameLandauband,andthemodi cationofthismixing,duetothe eld-inducedZeemanterm.Theeffectofincreasingf;atrelativelylowf;isexhibitedinFig.3(b).Here,oneobservesthatasf