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In search of states with non-Abelian statistics, we explore the fractional quantum Hall effect in a system of two-dimensional charge carrier holes. We propose a new method of mapping states of holes confined to a finite width quantum well…

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Even denominator fractional quantum Hall states in a ZnO quantum well reveal interesting phase transitions in a tilted magnetic field. We have analyzed the planar electron gas in ZnO, confined in a parabolic potential in the third…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-03 Wenchen Luo , Tapash Chakraborty

We propose several experiments to test the non-abelian nature of quasi-particles in the fractional quantum Hall state of \nu=5/2. One set of experiments studies interference contribution to back-scattering of current, and is a simplified…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Ady Stern , Bertrand I. Halperin

Results from exact diagonalization show that the spin-polarized Coulomb ground state at nu=5/2 is adiabatically connected with the Moore-Read wave function for systems with up to Nel = 16 electrons on the surface of a sphere. Varying the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 M. Storni , R. H. Morf , S. Das Sarma

Double layer quantum Hall systems have interesting properties associated with interlayer correlations. At $\nu =1/m$ where $m$ is an odd integer they exhibit spontaneous symmetry breaking equivalent to that of spin $1/2$ easy-plane…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Kun Yang , K. Moon , L. Zheng , A. H. MacDonald , S. M. Girvin , D. Yoshioka , Shou-Cheng Zhang

A standing problem in low dimensional electron systems is the nature of the 5/2 fractional quantum Hall state: its elementary excitations are a focus for both elucidating the state's properties and as candidates in methods to perform…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 R. L. Willett , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West

The hole distribution in a double quantum well (QW) structure consisting of a magnetic and a nonmagnetic semiconductor QW is investigated as a function of temperature, the energy shift between the QWs, and other relevant parameters. When…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Y. G. Semenov , H. Enaya , K. W. Kim

In recent experiments, external anisotropy has been a useful tool to tune different phases and study their competitions. In this paper, we look at the quantum Hall charge density wave states in the $N=2$ Landau level. Without anisotropy,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-06-15 Yuchi He , Kang Yang , Mark Oliver Goerbig , Roger S. K. Mong

The proposed $\mathcal{A}$ phase and the corresponding trial wavefunction proposed by Das \emph{et al.} (PRL 131, 056202, 2023) for 5/2 state are argued to describe the fractional quantum Hall liquid state rather than a phase separated or…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-23 Sudipto Das , Sahana Das , Sudhansu S. Mandal

The fractional quantum Hall (FQH) effect at filling factor v = 5/2 has recently come under close scrutiny, as it may possess quasi-particle excitations obeying nonabelian statistics, a property sought for topologically protected quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-01-31 Lars Tiemann , Gerardo Gamez , Norio Kumada , Koji Muraki

At low Landau level filling of a two-dimensional electron system, typically associated with the formation of an electron crystal, we observe local minima in Rxx at filling factors nu=2/11, 3/17, 3/19, 2/13, 1/7, 2/15, 2/17, and 1/9. Each of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. Pan , H. L. Stormer , D. C. Tsui , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. Baldwin , K. W. West

At total Landau level filling factor $\nu_{tot}=1$ a double layer two-dimensional electron system with small interlayer separation supports a collective state possessing spontaneous interlayer phase coherence. This state exhibits the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-08-28 M. Kellogg , J. P. Eisenstein , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West

We find the finite-width, i.e., the layer thickness, of experimental quasi-two dimensional systems produces a physical environment sufficient to stabilize the Moore-Read Pfaffian state thought to describe the fractional quantum Hall effect…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Michael. R. Peterson , Th. Jolicoeur , S. Das Sarma

We demonstrate that the two-dimensonal electron system in a strong perpendicular magnetic field has stable states which break rotational but not translational symmetry. The Laughlin fluid becomes unstable to these states in quantum wells…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 K. Musaelian , Robert Joynt

We study the quantum Hall effect of 2D electron gas in black phosphorus in the presence of perpendicular electric and magnetic fields. In the absence of a bias voltage, the external magnetic field leads to a quantization of the energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-06-29 Shengjun Yuan , Edo van Veen , Mikhail I. Katsnelson , Rafael Roldán

We report on the study of the fractional quantum Hall effect at the filling factor 5/2 using exact diagonalization method with torus geometry. The particle-hole symmetry breaking effect is considered using an additional three-body…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-13 Hao Wang , D. N. Sheng , F. D. M. Haldane

We report the first unambiguous observation of a fractional quantum Hall state in the Landau level of a two-dimensional hole sample at the filling factor $\nu=8/3$. We identified this state by a quantized Hall resistance and an activated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 A. Kumar , N. Samkharadze , M. J. Manfra , G. A. Csathy , L. N. Pfeiffer , K. W. West

The entanglement entropy of $\nu=1/2$ and $\nu=9/2$ quantum Hall states in the presence of short range disorder has been calculated by direct diagonalization. Spin polarized electrons are confined to a single Landau level and interact with…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-02-20 C. Balusek , B. A. Friedman , G. C. Levine , D. Luna

We explain effective charge anomalies recently observed for fractional quantum Hall edge states at $\nu=5/2$ [M. Dolev, Y. Gross, Y. C. Chung, M. Heiblum, V. Umansky, and D. Mahalu, Phys.Rev. B. \textbf{81}, 161303(R) (2010)]. The…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-10-03 M. Carrega , D. Ferraro , A. Braggio , N. Magnoli , M. Sassetti

The quantum spin Hall (QSH) state is a topologically non-trivial state of quantum matter which preserves time-reversal symmetry; it has an energy gap in the bulk, but topologically robust gapless states at the edge. Recently, this novel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Chaoxing Liu , Taylor L. Hughes , Xiao-Liang Qi , Kang Wang , Shou-Cheng Zhang