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Real-Time Ramsey Interferometry in Fractional Quantum Hall States

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2019-04-24 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

We study the time-dependent dynamical phase of fractional quasiparticles in quantum Hall states using Ramsey interferometry. A Ramsey two-pulse voltage modulation generates an interference term in the current noise of a quantum point contact oscillating with the dynamical phase. We show that the interference pattern probes the Green's function of the fractional quasi-particles in the time domain and reveals the fractional charge. We address both the case of a point-like tunnel junction and the case of momentum-resolved tunneling which also provides information on the speed of those quasiparticles propagating along the edge. For the 5/2 fractional quantum Hall case, the Ramsey signal can differentiate between the Pfaffian and anti-Pfaffian states.

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@article{arxiv.1901.06489,
  title  = {Real-Time Ramsey Interferometry in Fractional Quantum Hall States},
  author = {Tal Goren and Karyn Le Hur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.06489},
  year   = {2019}
}

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Letter, 5 pages