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Generation of energy selective excitations in quantum Hall edge states

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2011-03-30 v1

Abstract

We operate an on-demand source of single electrons in high perpendicular magnetic fields up to 30T, corresponding to a filling factor below 1/3. The device extracts and emits single charges at a tunable energy from and to a two-dimensional electron gas, brought into well defined integer and fractional quantum Hall (QH) states. It can therefore be used for sensitive electrical transport studies, e.g. of excitations and relaxation processes in QH edge states.

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@article{arxiv.1009.5897,
  title  = {Generation of energy selective excitations in quantum Hall edge states},
  author = {C. Leicht and P. Mirovsky and B. Kaestner and F. Hohls and V. Kashcheyevs and E. V. Kurganova and U. Zeitler and T. Weimann and K. Pierz and H. W. Schumacher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.5897},
  year   = {2011}
}