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Article Dans Une Revue Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015) Année : 2014

Electronic Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometry in two-dimensional topological insulators

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The edge states of a two-dimensional topological insulator are characterized by their helicity, a very remarkable property which is related to the time-reversal symmetry and the topology of the underlying system. We theoretically investigate a Hong-Ou-Mandel like setup as a tool to probe it. Collisions of two electrons with the same spin show a Pauli dip, analogous to the one obtained in the integer quantum Hall case. Moreover, the collisions between electrons of opposite spin also lead to a dip, known as ℤ2 dip, which is a direct consequence of the constraints imposed by time-reversal symmetry. In contrast to the integer quantum Hall case, the visibility of these dips is reduced by the presence of the additional edge channels, and crucially depends on the properties of the quantum point contact. As a unique feature of this system, we show the possibility of three-electron interference, which leads to a total suppression of the noise independently of the point contact configuration. This is assured by the peculiar interplay between Fermi statistics and topology. This work intends to extend the domain of applicability of electron quantum optics.
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hal-01252743 , version 1 (07-09-2023)

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Dario Ferraro, Jérôme Rech, Thibaut Jonckheere, Thierry Martin. Electronic Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometry in two-dimensional topological insulators. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (1998-2015), 2014, 89, pp.075407. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.89.075407⟩. ⟨hal-01252743⟩
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