Coherence and Indistinguishability of Single Electrons Emitted by Independent Sources

Erwann Bocquillon; Vincent Freulon; Jean-Marc Berroir; Pascal Degiovanni; Bernard Plaçais; A. Cavanna; Yun Jin; Gwendal Fève

Coherence and Indistinguishability of Single Electrons Emitted by Independent Sources

Erwann Bocquillon ¹ Vincent Freulon ¹ Jean-Marc Berroir ¹ Pascal Degiovanni ² Bernard Plaçais ¹ A. Cavanna ³ Yun Jin ³ Gwendal Fève ^{1, *}

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1 LPA - Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain

2 Phys-ENS - Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS Lyon

3 LPN - Laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures

Abstract : The on-demand emission of coherent and indistinguishable electrons by independent synchronized sources is a challenging task of quantum electronics, in particular regarding its application for quantum information processing. Using two independent on-demand electron sources, we triggered the emission of two single-electron wave packets at different inputs of an electronic beam splitter. Whereas classical particles would be randomly partitioned by the splitter, we observed two-particle interference resulting from quantum exchange. Both electrons, emitted in indistinguishable wave packets with synchronized arrival time on the splitter, exited in different outputs as recorded by the low-frequency current noise. The demonstration of two-electron interference provides the possibility of manipulating coherent and indistinguishable single-electron wave packets in quantum conductors.

Mots-clés : electron quantum optics quantum Hall effect quantum transport

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