Towards identification of a non-abelian state: observation of a quarter of electron charge at $ν=5/2$ quantum Hall state

Details Towards identification of a non-abelian state: observation of a quarter of electron charge at $ν=5/2$ quantum Hall state Towards identification of a non-abelian state: observation of a quarter of electron charge at $ν=5/2$ quantum Hall state

2008-02-07

arxiv.org/abs/0802.0930v1

Nature 452, 829 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

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The fractional quantum Hall effect, where plateaus in the Hall resistance at values of coexist with zeros in the longitudinal resistance, results from electron correlations in two dimensions under a strong magnetic field. Current flows along the edges carried by charged excitations (quasi particles) whose charge is a fraction of the electron charge. While earlier research concentrated on odd denominator fractional values of $\nu$, the observation of the even denominator $\nu=5/2$ state sparked a vast interest. This state is conjectured to be characterized by quasiparticles of charge e/4, whose statistics is non-abelian. In other words, interchanging of two quasi particles may modify the state of the system to an orthogonal one, and does not just add a phase as in for fermions or bosons. As such, these quasiparticles may be useful for the construction of a topological quantum computer. Here we report data of shot noise generated by partitioning edge currents in the $\nu=5/2$ state, consistent with the charge of the quasiparticle being e/4, and inconsistent with other potentially possible values, such as e/2 and e. While not proving the non-abelian nature of the $\nu=5/2$ state, this observation is the first step toward a full understanding of these new fractional charges.

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