Detecting Non-Abelian Statistics in the ν=5/2 Fractional Quantum Hall State

Parsa Bonderson, Alexei Kitaev, and Kirill Shtengel
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 016803 – Published 6 January 2006

Abstract

In this Letter we propose an interferometric experiment to detect non-Abelian quasiparticle statistics—one of the hallmark characteristics of the Moore-Read state expected to describe the observed fractional quantum Hall effect plateau at ν=5/2. The implications for using this state for constructing a topologically protected qubit as has been recently proposed by Das Sarma et al. are also addressed.

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  • Received 30 August 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.016803

©2006 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Parsa Bonderson1, Alexei Kitaev1, and Kirill Shtengel1,2

  • 1California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
  • 2Department of Physics, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA

See Also

Proposed Experiments to Probe the Non-Abelian ν=5/2 Quantum Hall State

Ady Stern and Bertrand I. Halperin
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 016802 (2006)

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Vol. 96, Iss. 1 — 13 January 2006

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