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Fractionalization noise in edge channels of integer quantum Hall states

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-05-30 v2

Abstract

A theoretical calculation is presented of current noise which is due charge fractionalization, in two interacting edge channels in the integer quantum Hall state at filling factor ν=2\nu=2. Because of the capacitive coupling between the channels, a tunneling event, in which an electron is transferred from a biased source lead to one of the two channels, generates propagating plasma mode excitations which carry fractional charges on the other edge channel. When these excitations impinge on a quantum point contact, they induce low-frequency current fluctuations with no net average current. A perturbative treatment in the weak tunneling regime yields analytical integral expressions for the noise as a function of the bias on the source. Asymptotic expressions of the noise in the limits of high and low bias are found.

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@article{arxiv.1109.1002,
  title  = {Fractionalization noise in edge channels of integer quantum Hall states},
  author = {Izhar Neder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.1002},
  year   = {2015}
}