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Coherent tunnelling across a quantum point contact in the quantum Hall regime.


ABSTRACT: The unique properties of quantum hall devices arise from the ideal one-dimensional edge states that form in a two-dimensional electron system at high magnetic field. Tunnelling between edge states across a quantum point contact (QPC) has already revealed rich physics, like fractionally charged excitations, or chiral Luttinger liquid. Thanks to scanning gate microscopy, we show that a single QPC can turn into an interferometer for specific potential landscapes. Spectroscopy, magnetic field and temperature dependences of electron transport reveal a quantitatively consistent interferometric behavior of the studied QPC. To explain this unexpected behavior, we put forward a new model which relies on the presence of a quantum Hall island at the centre of the constriction as well as on different tunnelling paths surrounding the island, thereby creating a new type of interferometer. This work sets the ground for new device concepts based on coherent tunnelling.

SUBMITTER: Martins F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3593222 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Coherent tunnelling across a quantum point contact in the quantum Hall regime.

Martins F F   Faniel S S   Rosenow B B   Sellier H H   Huant S S   Pala M G MG   Desplanque L L   Wallart X X   Bayot V V   Hackens B B  

Scientific reports 20130101


The unique properties of quantum hall devices arise from the ideal one-dimensional edge states that form in a two-dimensional electron system at high magnetic field. Tunnelling between edge states across a quantum point contact (QPC) has already revealed rich physics, like fractionally charged excitations, or chiral Luttinger liquid. Thanks to scanning gate microscopy, we show that a single QPC can turn into an interferometer for specific potential landscapes. Spectroscopy, magnetic field and te  ...[more]

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