Edge states and interferometers in the Pfaffian and anti-Pfaffian states of thequantum Hall system
- 1 April 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 77 (16) , 165302
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.77.165302
Abstract
We compute the tunneling current in a double point contact geometry of a quantum Hall system at filling fraction , as a function of voltage and temperature, in the weak tunneling regime. We quantitatively compare two possible candidates for the state at : 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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