Linear polarization dependence of microwave-induced magnetoresistance oscillations in high-mobility two-dimensional systems

We examine the effect of changing the linear polarization angle $θ$ of incident microwaves with respect to the dc current on radiation-induced magnetoresistance oscillations in a two-dimensional (2D) system within the balance-equation formulation of the photon-assisted magnetotransport model, considering the radiative decay as the sole damping mechanism. At an extremum the amplitude of oscillatory magnetoresistance $R_{xx}$ exhibits a sinusoidal, up to a factor of 5, magnitude variation with rotating the polarization angle $θ$. The maximal amplitude shows up generally at a nonzero $θ$, which is dependent upon the extremum in question, the 2D electron setup, the radiation frequency and the magnetic field orientation. These results provide a natural explanation for the experimental observations by Mani {\it et al.} [Phys. Rev. B {\bf 84}, 085308 (2011)], and Ramanayaka {\it et al.} [Phys. Rev. B {\bf 85}, 205315 (2012)].

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