Published August 28, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

Quantum Hall interferometry at finite bias with multiple edge channels

  • 1. Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
  • 2. Brown Theoretical Physics Center, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
  • 3. Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA

Description

In a quantum Hall interferometer, the dependence of the signal on source-drain voltage is controlled by details of the edge physics, such as the velocities of edge modes and the interaction between them and with screening layers. Such dependence of the signal has been seen in recent experiments at various integer and fractional filling factors, including ν=2 and 2/5, where two edge modes are present. Here we study theoretically the current-voltage curves for various values of the relative edge velocities, interaction strength, and the temperature, in a model containing two edge modes. We consider separate cases in which the inner mode or the outer mode is weakly backscattered at the tunneling contacts. When the inner mode is completely reflected and the outer mode is partially transmitted, we find striking features at very low temperatures related to resonance of excitations of the closed inner channel. Fluctuations in the charge of the closed inner mode, caused by sparse tunneling events, lead to an exponential suppression of the interference visibility at high voltages, in agreement with experiments.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.110.075306;
arXiv
arXiv:2405.05486;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/100000001;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review B
Journal Volume
110
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
24 pgs.
ISSN
1550-235X

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Copyright
©2024 American Physical Society
Contract/Grant/Project number
DMR-2204635; DMR-1231319
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Funding organization
National Science Foundation