Electronic Hong Ou Mandel interferences to unveil the 2/3 fractional quantum Hall edge channel dynamics
Electronic Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) current noise interferometry has revealed anyonic statistics in Fractional Quantum Hall (FQH) states at ν = 1/3 and 2/5. However, hole-conjugate phases (½ < ν < 1), like ν = 2/3, host both charge and neutral edge modes, are disorder-sensitive, and pose challenges for interferometry. We present time-domain HOM and Photon-Assisted Shot Noise (PASN) measurements at ν = 2/3 to probe edge mode dynamics and tunneling charge. Using PASN's fractional Josephson relation, we measure an e/3 tunneling charge and show that DC shot noise overestimates charge below ~100 mK. PASN reveals damping of downstream charge modes due to limited propagation of upstream neutral modes beyond a micrometer-scale equilibration length. Time-resolved HOM measurements confirm picosecond pulse broadening. These results suggest revisiting the neutral mode status, highlight the limitations of HOM interferometry in hole-conjugate phases and provide a path to explore complex FQH states that host neutral or non-Abelian modes.
Authors
- I. Farrer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3033-4306)
- Maëlle Kapfer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1017-2602)
- Alejandro Cabo Montes de (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9129-366X)
- Jayshankar Nath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6780-3842)
- D. A. Ritchie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9844-8350)
- D. C. Glattli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1457-0915)
- P. Roulleau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8397-5019)
- Charles Boudet
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- CEA Paris-Saclay (FR)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63308-2
- Primary Topic
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme