Controlled localization of anyons in a graphene quantum Hall interferometer
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| author | Henzinger, Christina E. Ehrets, James R. Fushio, Rikuto Dong, Junkai Werkmeister, Thomas Wesson, Marie E. Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Vishwanath, Ashvin Halperin, Bertrand I. Yacoby, Amir Kim, Philip |
| author_facet | Henzinger, Christina E. Ehrets, James R. Fushio, Rikuto Dong, Junkai Werkmeister, Thomas Wesson, Marie E. Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Vishwanath, Ashvin Halperin, Bertrand I. Yacoby, Amir Kim, Philip |
| contents | Exchange statistics are a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics, dictating the symmetry of identical particle wavefunctions and thereby enabling emergent phenomena of many-body quantum states. The exchange-induced unitary transformation of both abelian and non-abelian anyonic wavefunctions can be probed using electronic fractional quantum Hall (FQH) interferometers, where quasiparticles propagating along the interfering FQH edge braid with those localized within the interferometer. Here, we add a gate-controlled dot/anti-dot in the center of a bilayer graphene FQH interferometer cavity to tune the number of enclosed anyons. We observe hundreds of controlled phase slips in the diagonal conductance across the interferometer for both abelian and non-abelian states, consistent with discrete changes in the localized quasiparticle population. For abelian anyons, the observed phase slips agree with the theoretically expected value. At half filling, our results suggest the interfering edge carries charge $|e^*/e| = 1/2$ abelian excitations, whereas charge $|e^*/e| = 1/4$ putative non-abelian anyons remain localized in the interferometer cavity. Controlling the population of localized $e/4$ anyons in an interferometer marks a significant milestone towards observing their non-local exchange statistics and building a fault tolerant topological qubit based on non-abelian anyon manipulation. |
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| spellingShingle | Controlled localization of anyons in a graphene quantum Hall interferometer Henzinger, Christina E. Ehrets, James R. Fushio, Rikuto Dong, Junkai Werkmeister, Thomas Wesson, Marie E. Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Vishwanath, Ashvin Halperin, Bertrand I. Yacoby, Amir Kim, Philip Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Exchange statistics are a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics, dictating the symmetry of identical particle wavefunctions and thereby enabling emergent phenomena of many-body quantum states. The exchange-induced unitary transformation of both abelian and non-abelian anyonic wavefunctions can be probed using electronic fractional quantum Hall (FQH) interferometers, where quasiparticles propagating along the interfering FQH edge braid with those localized within the interferometer. Here, we add a gate-controlled dot/anti-dot in the center of a bilayer graphene FQH interferometer cavity to tune the number of enclosed anyons. We observe hundreds of controlled phase slips in the diagonal conductance across the interferometer for both abelian and non-abelian states, consistent with discrete changes in the localized quasiparticle population. For abelian anyons, the observed phase slips agree with the theoretically expected value. At half filling, our results suggest the interfering edge carries charge $|e^*/e| = 1/2$ abelian excitations, whereas charge $|e^*/e| = 1/4$ putative non-abelian anyons remain localized in the interferometer cavity. Controlling the population of localized $e/4$ anyons in an interferometer marks a significant milestone towards observing their non-local exchange statistics and building a fault tolerant topological qubit based on non-abelian anyon manipulation. |
| title | Controlled localization of anyons in a graphene quantum Hall interferometer |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.11182 |