R. J. Nicholas

Publication List Details

Period

1987 - 2008

Number

50

Co-Authors

Studies of Skyrmions at ν=1 in the Limit of Zero g-factor. (2008)

D. R. Leadley, R. J. Nicholas, D. K. Maude, A. N. Utjuzh, J. C. Portal, J. J. Harris, ...

In a two-dimensional electron gas at ν=1 (where the filling factor ν=neh/eB measures how many Landau levels (LL) are filled) the ground state should be regarded as a ferromagnet since all the spin...

FRACTIONAL QUANTUM HALL EFFECT MEASURED IN A SPIN DEGENERATE ELECTRON GAS (2008)

D. R. Leadley, R. J. Nicholas, D. K. Maude, J. C. Portal, J. J. Harris

The influence of spin on the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect is investigated in GaAs-GaAlAs heterojunctions in a filling factor region where both spin states of the lowest Landau level are occupied....

The dependence of the Composite Fermion effective mass on carrier density and Zeeman energy (2008)

R J Nicholas, D R Leadley, M S Daly, P Gee, J Singleton, ...

Abstract. Measurements of the temperature-dependent resistivity of high-mobility GaAs/GaAlAs heterojunctions are used to measure the effective mass of Composite Fermions (CF). The CF effective mass...

Measurements of composite Skyrmions at filling factor 1/3 (2008)

D. R. Leadley, R. J. Nicholas, D. K. Maude, A. N. Utjuzh, J. C. Portal, J. J. Harris, ...

Measurements of the fractional quantum Hall effect energy gaps at high pressures are presented that provide evidence for the existence of composite Skyrmions. Just as charged spin textures known as...

Critical Collapse of the Exchange Enhanced Spin Splitting in 2-D Systems (2007)

D. R. Leadley, R. J. Nicholas, J. J. Harris, C. T. Foxon

The critical filling factor νc where Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations become spin split is investigated for a set of GaAs-GaAlAs heterojunctions. Finite temperature magnetoresistance measurements are...

Cyclotron Resonance study of the electron and hole velocity in graphene monolayers (2007)

Deacon, R. S., Chuang, K-C., Nicholas, R. J., Novoselov, K. S., Geim, A. K.

We report studies of cyclotron resonance in monolayer graphene. Cyclotron resonance is detected using the photoconductive response of the sample for several different Landau level occupancies. The...

Superlattice Magnetophonon Resonances in Strongly Coupled InAs/GaSb Superlattices (2007)

Deacon, R. S., Henriques, A. B., Nicholas, R. J., Shields, P. A.

We report an experimental study of miniband magnetoconduction in semiconducting InAs/GaSb superlattices. For samples with miniband widths below the longitudinal optical phonon energy we identify a...

Role of bright and dark excitons in the temperature-dependent photoluminescence of carbon nanotubes (2007)

Mortimer, I. B., Nicholas, R. J.

We report studies of the temperature dependence of the photoluminescence efficiency of single walled carbon nanotubes which demonstrate the role of bright and dark excitons. This is determined by the...

Monte Carlo Studies of Miniband Conduction in Extreme Type-II Superlattices (2006)

A.B. Henriques, R. Deacon, R. J. Nicholas

Monte Carlo Studies of Miniband Conduction in Extreme Type-II Superlattices

Current-driven breakdown of the quantized Hall states of a broken-gap 2D electron-hole system (2006)

Takashina, K., Nicholas, R. J., Kardynal, B., Mason, N. J., Maude, D. K., Portal, J. C.

We report results from experimental studies on the current driven breakdown of the quantum Hall effect in an InAs/GaSb-based electron-hole system. We find that the critical currents observed in this...

Monte Carlo studies of miniband conduction in extreme type-II superlattices (2004)

Henriques,A. B., Deacon,R., Nicholas,R. J.

Miniband charge transport was investigated by Monte Carlo simulations of electronic motion in short period superlattices of type-II energy band alignment (InAs/GaSb composition). The strong decrease...

Far-infrared modulated photoluminescence spectroscopy of InSb/GaSb quantum dot structures (2003)

Child, R. A., Nicholas, R. J., Mason, N. J., Shields, P. A., Wells, J-P. R., Bradley, I. V., ...

The first far-infrared modulated photoluminescence (FIRM-PL) measurements in InSb/GaSb quantum dots have been performed. Far-infrared absorption is found to both enhance and suppress the quantum dot...

Mass enhancement and electron-hole coupling in InAs/GaSb bilayers studied by cyclotron resonance (2002)

Petchsingh, C., Nicholas, R. J., Takashina, K., Mason, N. J., Zeman, J.

We report a study of cyclotron resonance (CR) in a bilayer- bipolar InAs/GaSb structure and the influence of the spatial separation between the electrons and holes. At low magnetic fields we find...

Measurements of the Composite Fermion masses from the spin polarization of 2-D electrons in the region $1 (2001)

Chughtai, R., Zhitomirsky, V., Nicholas, R. J., Henini, M.

Measurements of the reflectivity of a 2-D electron gas are used to deduce the polarization of the Composite Fermion hole system formed for Landau level occupancies in the regime 1

Vertical transport and electroluminescence in InAs/GaSb/InAs structures: GaSb thickness and hydrostatic pressure studies (2001)

Roberts, M., Chung, Y. C., Lyapin, S., Mason, N. J., Nicholas, R. J., Klipstein, P. C.

We have measured the current-voltage (I-V) of type II InAs/GaSb/InAs double heterojunctions (DHETs) with 'GaAs like' interface bonding and GaSb thickness between 0-1200 \AA. A negative differential...

Free carrier effects in gallium nitride epilayers: the valence band dispersion (2001)

Shields, P. A., Nicholas, R. J., Peeters, F. M., Beaumont, B., Gibart, P.

The dispersion of the A-valence-band in GaN has been deduced from the observation of high-index magneto-excitonic states in polarised interband magneto-reflectivity and is found to be strongly...

Magneto-photoluminescence of GaN/AlGaN quantum wells: valence band reordering and excitonic binding energies (2001)

Shields, P. A., Nicholas, R. J., Grandjean, N., Massies, J.

A re-ordered valence band in GaN/AlGaN quantum wells with respect to GaN epilayers has been found as a result of the observation of an enhanced g-factor in magneto-luminescence spectra in fields up...

Metal-Insulator oscillations in a Two-dimensional Electron-Hole system (1999)

Nicholas, R. J., Takashina, K., Lakrimi, M., Kardynal, B., Khym, S., Mason, N. J., ...

The electrical transport properties of a bipolar InAs/GaSb system have been studied in magnetic field. The resistivity oscillates between insulating and metallic behaviour while the quantum Hall...

Searches for Skyrmions in the Limit of Zero g-Factor (1998)

Leadley, D. R., Nicholas, R. J., Maude, D. K., Utjuzh, A. N., Portal, J. C., Harris, J. J., ...

Energy gaps have been measured for the ferromagnetic quantum Hall effect states at v=1 and 3 in GaAs/GaAlAs heterojunctions as a function of Zeeman energy, which is reduced to zero by applying...

Critical Collapse of the Exchange Enhanced Spin Splitting in 2-D Systems (1998)

Leadley, D. R., Nicholas, R. J., Harris, J. J., Foxon, C. T.

The critical filling factor v_c where Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations become spin split is investigated for a set of GaAs-GaAlAs heterojunctions. Finite temperature magnetoresistance measurements are...

Skyrmions and composite fermions in the limit of vanishing Zeeman energy (1998)

R J Nicholas, D R Leadley, D K Maude, J C Portal, J J Harris, C T Foxon

Abstract. We describe the properties of a strongly interacting two-dimensional (2D) electron gas in high magnetic fields whose properties can be described in terms of the formation of composite...

Searches for skyrmions in the limit of zero g-factor (1998)

D R Leadley, R J Nicholas, D K Maude, A N Utjuzh, J C Portal, J J Harris, ...

Abstract. Energy gaps have been measured for the ferromagnetic quantum Hall effect states at ν = 1 and 3 in GaAs/Ga0.7Al0.3As heterojunctions as a function of Zeeman energy, which is reduced to zero...

Fractional Quantum Hall Effect Measurements at Zero g-Factor (1997)

Leadley, D. R., Nicholas, R. J., Maude, D. K., Utjuzh, A. N., Portal, J. C., Harris, J. J., ...

Fractional quantum Hall effect energy gaps have been measured in GaAs/GaAlAs heterojunctions as a function of Zeeman energy, which is varied by applying hydrostatic pressure up to 20 kbar. The gap at...

Magnetotransport in a pseudomorphic GaAs/GaInAs/GaAlAs heterostructure with a Si delta-doping layer (1995)

Karavolas, V. C., Peeters, F. M., Singleton, J., Nicholas, R. J., Herlach, F., ...

Magnetotransport properties of a pseudomorphic GaAs/Ga0.8In0.2As/Ga0.75Al0.25As heterostructure are investigated in pulsed magnetic fields up to 50 T and at temperatures of T=1.4 K and 4.2 K. The...

Pulsed Magnetic Field Measurements of the Composite Fermion Effective Mass (1995)

Leadley, D. R., Nicholas, R. J., Foxon, C. T., Harris, J. J.

Magnetotransport measurements of Composite Fermions (CF) are reported in 50 T pulsed magnetic fields. The CF effective mass is found to increase approximately linearly with the effective field $B^*$,...

Effective mass and quantum lifetime in a Si/Si0.87Ge0.13/Si two-dimensional hole gas (1994)

Whall, Terry E., Mattey, Nevil L., Plews, Andrew D., Phillips, P. J. (Peter J.), Mironov, Oleg A., Nicholas, R. J., ...

Measurements of Shubnikov de Haas oscillations in the temperature range 0.3–2 K have been used to determine an effective mass of 0.23 m0 in a Si/Si0.87Ge0.13/Si two-dimensional hole gas. This value...

Cyclotron resonance of the quasi-two-dimensional electron gas at Hg1-xCdxTe grain boundaries (1992)

Ludwig, F., Nachtwei, G., Watts, M., Bassom, N. J., Kraak, W., ...

The magnetotransmission of a p-type Hg0.766Cd0.234Te bicrystal containing a single grain boundary with an inversion layer has been investigated in the submillimetre wavelength range. For the first...

New wavelength measurements and laser lines in optically pumped methanol and methanol analogues (1987)

Huant, S., Hopkins, M. A., Karraï, K., Dampne, G., Nicholas, R.J., Brunel, L.C.

We present accurate measurements of 8 frequently used CW far infrared laser lines which we found substantially in error in the litterature. We also present measurements of 8 newly observed lines.

New wavelength measurements and laser lines in optically pumped methanol and methanol analogues (1987)

Huant, S., Hopkins, M. A., Karraï, K., Dampne, G., Nicholas, R.J., Brunel, L.C.

We present accurate measurements of 8 frequently used CW far infrared laser lines which we found substantially in error in the litterature. We also present measurements of 8 newly observed lines.

New wavelength measurements and laser lines in optically pumped methanol and methanol analogues (1987)

Huant, S., Hopkins, M. A., Karraï, K., Dampne, G., Nicholas, R.J., Brunel, L.C.

We present accurate measurements of 8 frequently used CW far infrared laser lines which we found substantially in error in the litterature. We also present measurements of 8 newly observed lines.