Vortex Lattice States of Bilayer Electron-Hole Fluids in Quantizing Magnetic Fields
We show that the ground state of a weakly charged two-dimensional electron-hole fluid in a strong magnetic field is a broken translation symmetry state with interpenetrating lattices of localized vortices and antivortices in the electron-hole-pair field. The vortices and antivortices carry fractional charges of equal sign but unequal magnitude and have a honeycomb-lattice structure that contrasts with the triangular lattices of superconducting electron-electron-pair vortex lattices. We predict that increasing charge density or a weakening magnetic field drives a vortex delocalization transition that would be signaled experimentally by an abrupt increase in counterflow transport resistance.
Authors
- Allan H. MacDonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3561-3379)
- Bo Zou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3047-7523)
Institutions
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/83f9-pln9
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.52
Funders
- Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
- Office of Naval Research