arXiv · 1407.3339
Shot-noise evidence of fractional quasiparticle creation in a local fractional quantum Hall state
Abstract
We have experimentally identified fractional quasiparticle creation in a tunneling process through a local fractional quantum Hall (FQH) state. The local FQH state is prepared in a low-density region near a quantum point contact (QPC) in an integer quantum Hall (IQH) system. Shot-noise measurements reveal a clear transition from elementary-charge tunneling at low bias to fractional-charge tunneling at high bias. The fractional shot noise is proportional to T1(1 ? T1) over a wide range of T1, where T1 is the transmission probability of the IQH edge channel. This binomial distribution indicates that fractional quasiparticles emerge from the IQH state to be transmitted through the local FQH state. The study of this tunneling process will enable us to elucidate the dynamics of Laughlin quasiparticles in FQH systems.
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Masayuki Hashisaka, Tomoaki Ota, Koji Muraki, Toshimasa Fujisawa. 2015-02-20. Shot-noise evidence of fractional quasiparticle creation in a local fractional quantum Hall state. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.114.056802
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