Frictional drag between spatially separated two-dimensional electron gases mediated by virtual phonon exchange

Frictional magnetodrag between spatially separated two- dimensional electron systems: Coulomb versus phonon mediated electron–electron interaction

We study the frictional drag due to Coulomb and phonon mediated electron–electron interaction in a double layer electron system exposed to a perpendicular magnetic field. We calculate the transresistivity as a function of magnetic field, temperature, and inter-layer spacing L: We find the strikingly different magnetic field and temperature dependence of the transresistivity for L 1⁄4 30 and 200...

Optical-phonon-induced frictional drag in coupled two-dimensional electron gases

Frictional drag between quantum wells mediated by fluctuating electromagnetic field

We use the theory of the fluctuating electromagnetic field to calculate the frictional drag between nearby two-and three dimensional electron systems. The frictional drag results from coupling via a fluctuating electromagnetic field, and can be considered as the dissipative part of the van der Waals interaction. In comparison with other similar calculations for semiconductor two-dimensional sys...

Exchange and correlation effects on drag in low density electron bilayers: Coulombandvirtual-optical-phonon-mediated electron-electron interaction

We investigate the effect of exchange and correlation (xc) in low-density electron bilayers. Along with the direct Coulomb interaction, the effective electron-electron interaction mediated by the exchange of virtual polar optical (PO) phonons is considered. We find that the introduction of xc corrections results in a significant enhancement of the transresistivity and qualitative changes in its...

Virtual Photon Contribution to Frictional Drag in double - layer Devices

The first order contribution to frictional drag in bi-layered fermion gas is examined. We discuss the relevance of single photon exchange in the evaluation of transresistance, which is usually explained by second order effects such as Coulomb and phonon drag. Since the effective e.m. interaction is unscreened, in the d.c. limit we obtain a finite (and large) contribution to transconductivity.