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arxiv: 1204.6205 · v2 · pith:LAWRPWIFnew · submitted 2012-04-27 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall · quant-ph

Electron and hole Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometry

classification ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall quant-ph
keywords electroncondensedcorrelationscurrentelectronicfermiholehong-ou-mandel
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We consider the electronic analog of the quantum optics Hong-Ou-Mandel interferometer, in a realistic condensed matter device based on single electron emission in chiral edge states. For electron-electron collisions, we show that the measurement of the zero-frequency current correlations at the output of a quantum point contact produces a dip giving precious information on the electronic wavepackets and coherence. As a feature truly unique to Fermi statistics and condensed matter, we show that two-particle interferences between electron and hole in the Fermi sea can produce a positive peak in the current correlations, which we study for realistic experimental parameters.

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