Measurement of filling factor 5/2 quasiparticle interference with observation of charge e/4 and e/2 period oscillations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8853-8858

  Willett, R L ^a   Pfeiffer, L N ^a   West, K W ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

5 2 fractional quantum Hall effect; Fractional quantum Hall effect; Non Abelian statistics; Topological quantum computation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; EMPIRICISM; INTERFEROMETER; INTERFEROMETRY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

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EID: 67049144725     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812599106     Document Type: Article

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