Hard and soft phase slips in a Fabry-Pérot quantum Hall interferometer

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Main Authors: Samuelson, N. L., Cohen, L. A., Wang, W., Blanch, S., Taniguchi, T., Watanabe, K., Zaletel, M. P., Young, A. F.
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author Samuelson, N. L.
Cohen, L. A.
Wang, W.
Blanch, S.
Taniguchi, T.
Watanabe, K.
Zaletel, M. P.
Young, A. F.
author_facet Samuelson, N. L.
Cohen, L. A.
Wang, W.
Blanch, S.
Taniguchi, T.
Watanabe, K.
Zaletel, M. P.
Young, A. F.
contents Quantum Hall Fabry-Pérot interferometers are sensitive to the properties of bulk quasiparticles enclosed by the interferometer loop, with the interference phase containing information about both the quasiparticle statistics and the Coulomb-mediated bulk-edge coupling. Previous studies have explored the role of the bulk-edge coupling in an equilibrium picture where quasiparticles enter and exit the interferometer rapidly compared to the timescale over which the interferometer phase is measured. Here, we present data from a monolayer graphene quantum Hall interferometer in the integer quantum Hall regime at $ν= -1$ and $ν= -2$. Quantum interference shows phase slips associated with the entrance of quasiparticles to the interferometer bulk. Tracing the dependence of these phase slips on the magnetic field, we show that the equilibration time can become as long as several minutes. We further use our multi-gated geometry to identify two classes of phase slips. The first is associated with the addition of a quasiparticle to a bulk `puddle' of quasiparticles uniformly coupled to the entire chiral edge state, while the second is associated with the addition of a quasiparticle trapped by a defect site that couples predominantly to the closest portion of the edge.
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spellingShingle Hard and soft phase slips in a Fabry-Pérot quantum Hall interferometer
Samuelson, N. L.
Cohen, L. A.
Wang, W.
Blanch, S.
Taniguchi, T.
Watanabe, K.
Zaletel, M. P.
Young, A. F.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Hall Fabry-Pérot interferometers are sensitive to the properties of bulk quasiparticles enclosed by the interferometer loop, with the interference phase containing information about both the quasiparticle statistics and the Coulomb-mediated bulk-edge coupling. Previous studies have explored the role of the bulk-edge coupling in an equilibrium picture where quasiparticles enter and exit the interferometer rapidly compared to the timescale over which the interferometer phase is measured. Here, we present data from a monolayer graphene quantum Hall interferometer in the integer quantum Hall regime at $ν= -1$ and $ν= -2$. Quantum interference shows phase slips associated with the entrance of quasiparticles to the interferometer bulk. Tracing the dependence of these phase slips on the magnetic field, we show that the equilibration time can become as long as several minutes. We further use our multi-gated geometry to identify two classes of phase slips. The first is associated with the addition of a quasiparticle to a bulk `puddle' of quasiparticles uniformly coupled to the entire chiral edge state, while the second is associated with the addition of a quasiparticle trapped by a defect site that couples predominantly to the closest portion of the edge.
title Hard and soft phase slips in a Fabry-Pérot quantum Hall interferometer
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09901