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, *
* Auteur correspondant
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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Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2013, 339, pp.1059. 〈10.1126/science.1232572〉
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Soumis le : mardi 12 novembre 2013 - 20:51:42
Dernière modification le : samedi 15 décembre 2018 - 01:44:14

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Erwann Bocquillon, Vincent Freulon, Jean-Marc Berroir, Pascal Degiovanni, Bernard Plaçais, et al.. Coherence and Indistinguishability of Single Electrons Emitted by Independent Sources. Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2013, 339, pp.1059. 〈10.1126/science.1232572〉. 〈ensl-00903726〉

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