Transport Spectroscopy of Confined Fractional Quantum Hall Systems (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences Book 183)

This book provides an overview of recent developments in experiments probing the fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states of the second Landau level, especially the \nu=5/2 state. It summarizes the state-of-the-art understanding of these FQH states. It furthermore describes how the properties of the FQH states can be probed experimentally, by investigating tunneling and confinement properties. The progress towards the realization of an experiment, allowing to probe the potentially non-Abelian statistics of the quasiparticle excitations at \nu=5/2 is discussed. The book is intended as a reference for graduate students, PostDocs and researchers starting in the field. The experimental part of this book gives practical advice for solving the experimental challenges which researchers studying highly fragile FQH states are faced with. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction....Pages 1-5 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Two-Dimensional Electron Gases....Pages 9-20 The Quantum Hall Effect....Pages 21-45 Physics at the Edge....Pages 47-61 Non-Abelian Statistics and Its Signatures in Interference Experiments....Pages 63-71 Overview of Experiments Probing the Properties of the \(\nu \) = 5/2 State ....Pages 73-93 Front Matter....Pages 95-95 Measurement Setup Optimization for Low Electron Temperatures....Pages 97-122 Optimization of Samples and Sample Fabrication....Pages 123-129 Front Matter....Pages 131-131 Quantum Point Contacts....Pages 133-157 Integer and Fractional Quantum Hall States in QPCs....Pages 159-186 Quasiparticle Tunneling in the Second Landau Level....Pages 187-218 Front Matter....Pages 219-219 Quantum Dots and Charge Detection Techniques....Pages 221-232 Quantum Dots in the Quantum Hall Regime....Pages 233-246 Preliminary Results of Interference Experiments in the Second Landau Level....Pages 247-262 Front Matter....Pages 263-263 Non-equilibrium Transport in Density Modulated Phases of the Second Landau Level....Pages 265-285 Front Matter....Pages 287-287 Conclusion....Pages 289-291 Back Matter....Pages 293-308