Neutral modes edge state dynamics through quantum point contacts
Abstract
Dynamics of neutral modes for fractional quantum Hall states is investigated for a quantum point contact geometry in the weak-backscattering regime. The effective field theory introduced by Fradkin-Lopez for edge states in the Jain sequence is generalized to the case of propagating neutral modes. The dominant tunnelling processes are identified also in the presence of non-universal phenomena induced by interactions. The crossover regime in the backscattering current between tunnelling of single-quasiparticles and of agglomerates of p-quasiparticles is analysed. We demonstrate that higher order cumulants of the backscattering current fluctuations are a unique resource to study quantitatively the competition between different carrier charges. We find that propagating neutral modes are a necessary ingredient in order to explain this crossover phenomena.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0910.5693,
title = {Neutral modes edge state dynamics through quantum point contacts},
author = {Dario Ferraro and Alessandro Braggio and Nicodemo Magnoli and Maura Sassetti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.5693},
year = {2010}
}
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28 pages, 5 figures