6 research outputs found
Tuning Energy Relaxation along Quantum Hall Channels
The chiral edge channels in the quantum Hall regime are considered ideal
ballistic quantum channels, and have quantum information processing
potentialities. Here, we demonstrate experimentally, at filling factor 2, the
efficient tuning of the energy relaxation that limits quantum coherence and
permits the return toward equilibrium. Energy relaxation along an edge channel
is controllably enhanced by increasing its transmission toward a floating ohmic
contact, in quantitative agreement with predictions. Moreover, by forming a
closed inner edge channel loop, we freeze energy exchanges in the outer
channel. This result also elucidates the inelastic mechanisms at work at
filling factor 2, informing us in particular that those within the outer edge
channel are negligible.Comment: 8 pages including supplementary materia
Energy Relaxation in the Integer Quantum Hall Regime
We investigate the energy exchanges along an electronic quantum channel
realized in the integer quantum Hall regime at filling factor . One of
the two edge channels is driven out-of-equilibrium and the resulting electronic
energy distribution is measured in the outer channel, after several propagation
lengths mm. Whereas there are no discernable energy
transfers toward thermalized states, we find efficient energy redistribution
between the two channels without particle exchanges. At long distances
m, the measured energy distribution is a hot Fermi function whose
temperature is lower than expected for two interacting channels, which suggests
the contribution of extra degrees of freedom. The observed short energy
relaxation length challenges the usual description of quantum Hall excitations
as quasiparticles localized in one edge channel.Comment: To be published in PRL, 10 pages including supplementary materia
Generation of energy selective excitations in quantum Hall edge states
We operate an on-demand source of single electrons in high perpendicular
magnetic fields up to 30T, corresponding to a filling factor below 1/3. The
device extracts and emits single charges at a tunable energy from and to a
two-dimensional electron gas, brought into well defined integer and fractional
quantum Hall (QH) states. It can therefore be used for sensitive electrical
transport studies, e.g. of excitations and relaxation processes in QH edge
states
Non-Equilibrium Edge Channel Spectroscopy in the Integer Quantum Hall Regime
Heat transport has large potentialities to unveil new physics in mesoscopic
systems. A striking illustration is the integer quantum Hall regime, where the
robustness of Hall currents limits information accessible from charge
transport. Consequently, the gapless edge excitations are incompletely
understood. The effective edge states theory describes them as prototypal
one-dimensional chiral fermions - a simple picture that explains a large body
of observations and calls for quantum information experiments with quantum
point contacts in the role of beam splitters. However, it is in ostensible
disagreement with the prevailing theoretical framework that predicts, in most
situations, additional gapless edge modes. Here, we present a setup which gives
access to the energy distribution, and consequently to the energy current, in
an edge channel brought out-of-equilibrium. This provides a stringent test of
whether the additional states capture part of the injected energy. Our results
show it is not the case and thereby demonstrate regarding energy transport, the
quantum optics analogy of quantum point contacts and beam splitters. Beyond the
quantum Hall regime, this novel spectroscopy technique opens a new window for
heat transport and out-of-equilibrium experiments.Comment: 13 pages including supplementary information, Nature Physics in prin