Renormalization of the Effective Electron Mass Governing the Period of Microwave-Induced Resistance Oscillations in ZnO/MgZnO Heterojunctions

Abstract

The phenomenon of microwave-induced magnetoresistance oscillations is studied in a series of ZnO/MgZnO heterojunctions characterized by different two-dimensional electron densities n. It is found that the effective electron mass m* determined from the period of microwave-induced magnetoresistance oscillations depends essentially on this parameter. For high densities, the value of m* tends to the effective electron mass in bulk ZnO, while for low densities, m* increases pronouncedly and becomes considerably larger than the electron cyclotron mass. The experimental results give clear evidence of a significant impact of the electron–electron interaction on microwave-induced magnetoresistance oscillations.