Momentum-resolved probing of the $\nu=2/3$ quantum Hall edge

ORAL

Abstract

We evaluate the $I$-$V$ characteristic for momentum-resolved tunneling between the $\nu=2/3$ fractional quantum Hall state and a $\nu=1$ state in another layer of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG). In a version of a double-layer geometry, the momentum of tunneling electrons may be boosted by an auxiliary magnetic field parallel to the two planes of 2DEGs. The threshold behavior of the $I$-$V$ characteristic and its dependence on the boosting magnetic field yields information about the spectral function of the $\nu=2/3$ edge. It may bring insights into the nature of the various (counter)propagating modes inside the $\nu=2/3$ edge that have been discussed in the last twenty years. Effects due to in-plane disorder as well as of intralayer and interlayer Coulomb interaction are taken into account in our model.

Authors

  • Hendrik Meier

    • Yale University
  • Yuval Gefen

    • Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Leonid Glazman

    • Yale University