Edge states and interferometers in the Pfaffian and anti-Pfaffian states

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  • Waheb Bishara
  • Chetan Nayak
چکیده

We compute the tunneling current in a double point contact geometry of a quantum Hall system at filling fraction = 5 2 , as a function of voltage and temperature, in the weak tunneling regime. We quantitatively compare two possible candidates for the state at = 5 2 : the Moore-Read Pfaffian state, and its particle-hole conjugate, the anti-Pfaffian. We find that both possibilities exhibit the same qualitative behavior, and both have an even-odd effect that reflects their non-Abelian nature, but differ quantitatively in their voltage and temperature dependence.

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تاریخ انتشار 2008