Roton Instability of the Spin Wave Excitation in the Fully Polarized Quatum Hall State and the Phase Diagram at $\nu = 2$

We consider the effect of interactions on electrons confined to two dimensions at Landau level filling $\nu=2$, with the specific aim to determine the range of parameters where the fully polarized state is stable. We calculate the charge and the spin density collective modes in random phase approximation (RPA) including vertex corrections (also known as time dependent Hartree Fock), and treating the Landau level mixing accurately within the subspace of a single particle hole pair. It is found that the spin wave excitation mode of the fully polarized state has a roton minimum which deepens as a result of the interaction induced Landau level mixing, and the energy of the roton vanishes at a critical Zeeman energy signaling an instability of the fully polarized state at still lower Zeeman energies. The feasibility of the experimental observation of the roton minimum in the spin wave mode and its softening will be discussed. The spin and charge density collective modes of the unpolarized state are also considered, and a phase diagram for the $\nu =2$ state as a function of $r_{S}$ and the Zeeman energy is obtained.

K. Park, J. K. Jain · 2000