Decoherence and interactions in an electronic Mach-Zehnder interferometer

We develop a theoretical description of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer built from integer quantum Hall edge states, with an emphasis on how electron-electron interactions produce decoherence. We calculate the visibility of interference fringes and noise power, as a function of bias voltage and of tem...

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Main Authors: Chalker, J, Gefen, Y, Veillette, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007