Nonlinear quasiparticle tunneling between fractional quantum hall edges

Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Jan 31;90(4):046805. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.046805. Epub 2003 Jan 29.

Abstract

Remarkable nonlinearities in the differential tunneling conductance between fractional quantum Hall edge states at a constriction are observed in the weak-backscattering regime. In the nu=1/3 state a peak develops as temperature is increased and its width is determined by the fractional charge. In the range 2/3</=nu</=1/3 this width displays a symmetric behavior around nu=1/2. We discuss the consistency of these results with available theoretical predictions for interedge quasiparticle tunneling in the weak-backscattering regime.