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Magnetic field anti-symmetry of photovoltaic voltage in evanescent microwave fields

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arxiv 0809.4948 v1 pith:5KZKXKFA submitted 2008-09-29 cond-mat.mes-hall

Magnetic field anti-symmetry of photovoltaic voltage in evanescent microwave fields

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keywords voltagemagneticmicrowaveeffectevanescentfieldfieldsinduced
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A two dimensional electron system without spatial inversion symmetry develops a sample specific dc voltage when exposed to a microwave radiation at low temperature. We investigate this photovoltaic (PV) effect, in the case where spatial symmetry is broken by an evanescent high-frequency potential. We measure the induced PV voltage in a ${\rm GaAs/Ga_{1-x}Al_{x}As}$ Hall bar at magnetic fields in the Tesla range. We find that in this regime the induced PV voltage is anti-symmetric with magnetic field, and exhibits regular Shubnikov-de Haas like oscillations. Our experimental results can be understood from a simple model, which describes the effect of stationary orbital currents caused by microwave driving.

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