Flux superperiods and periodicity transitions in quantum Hall interferometers
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Abstract
For strongly screened Coulomb interactions, quantum Hall interferometers can operate in a novel regime: the intrinsic energy gap can be larger than the charging energy, and addition of flux quanta can occur without adding quasi-particles. We show that flux superperiods are possible, and reconcile their appearance with the Byers-Yang theorem. We explain that the observation of anyonic statistical phases is possible by tuning to the transition from a regime with constant chemical potential to a regime with constant particle density, where a flux superperiod changes to a periodicity with one flux quantum at a critical magnetic field strength.
*B.R. acknowledges support from the Rosi and Max Varon Visiting Professorship at the Weizmann Institute of Science, and from DFG grant RO 2247/8-1.
A.S. was supported by CRC 183 of DFG, the Israel Science Foundation, and the European Research Council (Project LEGOTOP)
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Presenters
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Bernd Rosenow
- Universität Leipzig
- Univ Leipzig
- Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Leipzig