Topologically-Protected Qubits from a Possible Non-Abelian Fractional Quantum Hall State

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2004-12-14

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0412343v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 166802 (2005)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.166802

The Pfaffian state is an attractive candidate for the observed quantized Hall plateau at Landau level filling fraction $\nu=5/2$. This is particularly intriguing because this state has unusual topological properties, including quasiparticle excitations with non-Abelian braiding statistics. In order to determine the nature of the $\nu=5/2$ state, one must measure the quasiparticle braiding statistics. Here, we propose an experiment which can simultaneously determine the braiding statistics of quasiparticle excitations and, if they prove to be non-Abelian, produce a topologically-protected qubit on which a logical NOT operation is performed by quasiparticle braiding. Using the measured excitation gap at $\nu=5/2$, we estimate the error rate to be $10^{-30}$ or lower.

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