Universal Anyon Tunneling in a Chiral Luttinger Liquid

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Main Authors: Guerrero-Suarez, Ramon, Suresh, Adithya, Maiti, Tanmay, Liang, Shuang, Nakamura, James, Gardner, Geoffrey, Chamon, Claudio, Manfra, Michael
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author Guerrero-Suarez, Ramon
Suresh, Adithya
Maiti, Tanmay
Liang, Shuang
Nakamura, James
Gardner, Geoffrey
Chamon, Claudio
Manfra, Michael
author_facet Guerrero-Suarez, Ramon
Suresh, Adithya
Maiti, Tanmay
Liang, Shuang
Nakamura, James
Gardner, Geoffrey
Chamon, Claudio
Manfra, Michael
contents The edge modes of fractional quantum Hall liquids are described by chiral Luttinger liquid theory. Despite many years of experimental investigation fractional quantum Hall edge modes remain enigmatic with significant discrepancies between experimental observations and detailed predictions of chiral Luttinger liquid theory. Here we report measurements of tunneling conductance between counterpropagating edge modes at $ν=1/3$ across a quantum point contact fabricated on an AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructure designed to promote a sharp confinement potential. We present evidence for tunneling of anyons through a $ν=1/3$ incompressible liquid that exhibits universal scaling behavior with respect to temperature, source-drain bias, and barrier transmission, as originally proposed by Wen [1, 2]. For transmission $t\geq0.800$, we measured the tunneling exponent $\bar{g} = 0.333 \pm 0.005$ averaged over 29 independent data sets, consistent with the scaling dimension $Δ= g/2 = 1/6$ for a Laughlin quasiparticle at the edge. When combined with measurements of the fractional charge $e^*=e/3$ and the recently observed anyonic statistical angle $θ_a=\frac{2π}{3}$, the measured tunneling exponent fully characterizes the topological order of the primary Laughlin state at $ν=1/3$.
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spellingShingle Universal Anyon Tunneling in a Chiral Luttinger Liquid
Guerrero-Suarez, Ramon
Suresh, Adithya
Maiti, Tanmay
Liang, Shuang
Nakamura, James
Gardner, Geoffrey
Chamon, Claudio
Manfra, Michael
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
The edge modes of fractional quantum Hall liquids are described by chiral Luttinger liquid theory. Despite many years of experimental investigation fractional quantum Hall edge modes remain enigmatic with significant discrepancies between experimental observations and detailed predictions of chiral Luttinger liquid theory. Here we report measurements of tunneling conductance between counterpropagating edge modes at $ν=1/3$ across a quantum point contact fabricated on an AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructure designed to promote a sharp confinement potential. We present evidence for tunneling of anyons through a $ν=1/3$ incompressible liquid that exhibits universal scaling behavior with respect to temperature, source-drain bias, and barrier transmission, as originally proposed by Wen [1, 2]. For transmission $t\geq0.800$, we measured the tunneling exponent $\bar{g} = 0.333 \pm 0.005$ averaged over 29 independent data sets, consistent with the scaling dimension $Δ= g/2 = 1/6$ for a Laughlin quasiparticle at the edge. When combined with measurements of the fractional charge $e^*=e/3$ and the recently observed anyonic statistical angle $θ_a=\frac{2π}{3}$, the measured tunneling exponent fully characterizes the topological order of the primary Laughlin state at $ν=1/3$.
title Universal Anyon Tunneling in a Chiral Luttinger Liquid
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.20551