Two electrons interacting at a mesoscopic beam splitter

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Autoren

  • Niels Ubbelohde
  • Lars Freise
  • Elina Pavlovska
  • Peter G. Silvestrov
  • Patrik Recher
  • Martins Kokainis
  • Girts Barinovs
  • Frank Hohls
  • Thomas Weimann
  • Klaus Pierz
  • Vyacheslavs Kashcheyevs

Externe Organisationen

  • Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
  • University of Latvia
  • Technische Universität Braunschweig
  • Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology Braunschweig (LENA)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)733-740
Seitenumfang8
FachzeitschriftNature nanotechnology
Jahrgang18
Ausgabenummer7
Frühes Online-Datum11 Mai 2023
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Juli 2023
Extern publiziertJa

Abstract

The nonlinear response of a beam splitter to the coincident arrival of interacting particles enables numerous applications in quantum engineering and metrology. Yet, it poses considerable challenges to control interactions on the individual particle level. Here, we probe the coincidence correlations at a mesoscopic constriction between individual ballistic electrons in a system with unscreened Coulomb interactions and introduce concepts to quantify the associated parametric nonlinearity. The full counting statistics of joint detection allows us to explore the interaction-mediated energy exchange. We observe an increase from 50% up to 70% in coincidence counts between statistically indistinguishable on-demand sources and a correlation signature consistent with the independent tomography of the electron emission. Analytical modelling and numerical simulations underpin the consistency of the experimental results with Coulomb interactions between two electrons counterpropagating in a quadratic saddle potential. Coulomb repulsion energy and beam splitter dispersion define a figure of merit, which in this experiment is demonstrated to be sufficiently large to enable future applications, such as single-shot in-flight detection and quantum logic gates.

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Two electrons interacting at a mesoscopic beam splitter. / Ubbelohde, Niels; Freise, Lars; Pavlovska, Elina et al.
in: Nature nanotechnology, Jahrgang 18, Nr. 7, 07.2023, S. 733-740.

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelForschungPeer-Review

Ubbelohde, N, Freise, L, Pavlovska, E, Silvestrov, PG, Recher, P, Kokainis, M, Barinovs, G, Hohls, F, Weimann, T, Pierz, K & Kashcheyevs, V 2023, 'Two electrons interacting at a mesoscopic beam splitter', Nature nanotechnology, Jg. 18, Nr. 7, S. 733-740. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2210.03632, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01370-x
Ubbelohde, N., Freise, L., Pavlovska, E., Silvestrov, P. G., Recher, P., Kokainis, M., Barinovs, G., Hohls, F., Weimann, T., Pierz, K., & Kashcheyevs, V. (2023). Two electrons interacting at a mesoscopic beam splitter. Nature nanotechnology, 18(7), 733-740. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2210.03632, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01370-x
Ubbelohde N, Freise L, Pavlovska E, Silvestrov PG, Recher P, Kokainis M et al. Two electrons interacting at a mesoscopic beam splitter. Nature nanotechnology. 2023 Jul;18(7):733-740. Epub 2023 Mai 11. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2210.03632, 10.1038/s41565-023-01370-x
Ubbelohde, Niels ; Freise, Lars ; Pavlovska, Elina et al. / Two electrons interacting at a mesoscopic beam splitter. in: Nature nanotechnology. 2023 ; Jahrgang 18, Nr. 7. S. 733-740.
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