Evidence of Landau levels and interactions in low-lying excitations of composite fermions at 1/3<or= nu <or=2/5

Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Jan 24;90(3):036803. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.036803. Epub 2003 Jan 23.

Abstract

Excitation modes in the range 2/5>or=nu>or=1/3 of the fractional quantum Hall regime are observed by resonant inelastic light scattering. Spectra of spin-reversed excitations suggest a structure of lowest spin-split Landau levels of composite fermions that is similar to that of electrons. Spin-flip energies determined from spectra reveal significant composite fermion interactions. The filling factor dependence of mode energies displays an abrupt change in the middle of the range when there is partial population of a composite fermion level.