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Quantized Transport of $\nu = 2/3$ Fractional Quantum Hall Edge with Disordered Superconducting Proximity

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2026-01-26 v2 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Strongly Correlated Electrons Superconductivity

Abstract

Quantum Hall edge states in proximity to a superconductor (SC) usually acquire a non-quantized electron-to-hole conversion probability in transport, due to non-universal SC couplings and disorders. With counter-propagating modes, we show that the situation can be the opposite in the ν=2/3\nu=2/3 fractional quantum Hall (FQH) edge states with SC proximity, where disordered SC-couplings can reconstruct the edge states into an infinite set of stable phases with quantized electron-to-hole conversion probability along a long edge. Each phase is dominated by a disordered SC-coupling that tunnels ±qN\pm |q_N| Cooper pairs, which can take values qN=1,4,15|q_N|=1, 4, 15, etc. We predict that this gives rise to a quantized downstream resistance Rd=h/(2qN2e2)R_d = h/(2q^2_Ne^2) in an FQH-SC junction, serving as a quantized electrical transport signature beyond the Hall conductance. Higher-order nonlinear transport due to irrelevant Cooper pair tunneling or vortex dissipation is further studied, which becomes dominant when the edge is in a normal phase. Our results apply to both the single-layer state (as a particle-hole conjugate of ν=1/3\nu=1/3) and the bilayer Halperin-(112) state, revealing a rich landscape of disorder-stabilized phases in FQH edge states with SC proximity, and may as well apply to fractional Chern insulators recently observed at the same filling.

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@article{arxiv.2505.20398,
  title  = {Quantized Transport of $\nu = 2/3$ Fractional Quantum Hall Edge with Disordered Superconducting Proximity},
  author = {Pok Man Tam and Hao Chen and Biao Lian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.20398},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Main: 4.5 pages, 3 figures; Supplemental Material: 5 sections