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Partition noise and statistics in the fractional quantum Hall effect

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-10-31 v5 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

A microscopic theory of current partition in fractional quantum Hall liquids, described by chiral Luttinger liquids, is developed to compute the noise correlations, using the Keldysh technique. In this Hanbury-Brown and Twiss geometry, at Laughlin filling factor \nu=1/3, the real time noise correlator exhibits oscillations which persist over larger time scales than that of an uncorrelated Hall fluid. The zero frequency noise correlations are negative at filling factor 1/3 as for bare electrons (anti-bunching), but are strongly reduced in amplitude. These correlations become positive (bunching) for \nu\leq 1/5, suggesting a tendency towards bosonic behavior.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0004244,
  title  = {Partition noise and statistics in the fractional quantum Hall effect},
  author = {I. Safi and P. Devillard and T. Martin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0004244},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

revised version, curve for time correlations at nu=1/3 added