Observation of neutral modes in the fractional quantum Hall regime

Nature

Volumn 466, Issue 7306, 2010, Pages 585-590

  Bid, Aveek ^a   Ofek, N ^a   Inoue, H ^a   Heiblum, M ^a   Kane, C L ^b   Umansky, V ^a   Mahalu, D ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRAL CHARGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ABELIA; MAJORANA;

EID: 77955148967     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09277     Document Type: Article

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