Even denominator fractional quantum Hall states in higher Landau levels of graphene
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Even denominator fractional quantum Hall states in higher Landau levels of graphene. / Kim, Youngwook; Coimbatore Balram, Ajit; Taniguchi, Takashi; Watanabe, Kenji; Jain, Jainendra; Smet, Jurgen.
I: Nature Physics, Bind 15, Nr. 2, 2, 2019, s. 154-158.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Even denominator fractional quantum Hall states in higher Landau levels of graphene
AU - Kim, Youngwook
AU - Coimbatore Balram, Ajit
AU - Taniguchi, Takashi
AU - Watanabe, Kenji
AU - Jain, Jainendra
AU - Smet, Jurgen
N1 - [Qdev]
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - An important development in the field of the fractional quantum Hall effect was the proposal that the 5/2 state observed in the Landau level with orbital index n = 1 of two-dimensional electrons in a GaAs quantum well1 originates from a chiral p-wave paired state of composite fermions that are topological bound states of electrons and quantized vortices. The excitations of this state, which is theoretically described by a 'Pfaffian' wavefunction2 or its hole partner called the anti-Pfaffian3,4, are neither fermions nor bosons but Majorana quasiparticles obeying non-Abelian braid statistics5. This has inspired ideas for fault-tolerant topological quantum computation6 and has also instigated a search for other states with exotic quasiparticles. Here we report experiments on monolayer graphene that show clear evidence for unexpected even denominator fractional quantum Hall physics in the n = 3 Landau level. We numerically investigate the known candidate states for the even denominator fractional quantum Hall effect, including the Pfaffian, the particle-hole symmetric Pfaffian and the 221-parton states, and conclude that, among these, the 221-parton appears a potentially suitable candidate to describe the experimentally observed state. Like the Pfaffian, this state is believed to harbour quasi-particles with non-Abelian braid statistics7.
AB - An important development in the field of the fractional quantum Hall effect was the proposal that the 5/2 state observed in the Landau level with orbital index n = 1 of two-dimensional electrons in a GaAs quantum well1 originates from a chiral p-wave paired state of composite fermions that are topological bound states of electrons and quantized vortices. The excitations of this state, which is theoretically described by a 'Pfaffian' wavefunction2 or its hole partner called the anti-Pfaffian3,4, are neither fermions nor bosons but Majorana quasiparticles obeying non-Abelian braid statistics5. This has inspired ideas for fault-tolerant topological quantum computation6 and has also instigated a search for other states with exotic quasiparticles. Here we report experiments on monolayer graphene that show clear evidence for unexpected even denominator fractional quantum Hall physics in the n = 3 Landau level. We numerically investigate the known candidate states for the even denominator fractional quantum Hall effect, including the Pfaffian, the particle-hole symmetric Pfaffian and the 221-parton states, and conclude that, among these, the 221-parton appears a potentially suitable candidate to describe the experimentally observed state. Like the Pfaffian, this state is believed to harbour quasi-particles with non-Abelian braid statistics7.
U2 - 10.1038/s41567-018-0355-x
DO - 10.1038/s41567-018-0355-x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 15
SP - 154
EP - 158
JO - Nature Physics
JF - Nature Physics
SN - 1745-2473
IS - 2
M1 - 2
ER -
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