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Title: Engineering parafermions in helical Luttinger liquids
Parafermions or Fibonacci anyons leading to universal quantum computing, require strongly interacting systems. A leading contender is the fractional quantum Hall effect, where helical channels can arise from counterpropagating chiral modes. These modes have been considered weakly interacting. However, experiments on transport in helical channels in the fractional quantum Hall effect at a 2/3 filling shows current passing through helical channels on the boundary between polarized and unpolarized quantum Hall liquids nine-fold smaller than expected. This current can increase three-fold when nuclei near the boundary are spin polarized. We develop a microscopic theory of strongly interacting helical states and show that emerging helical Luttinger liquid manifests itself as unequally populated charge, spin and neutral modes in polarized and unpolarized fractional quantum Hall liquids. We show that at strong coupling counter-propagating modes of opposite spin polarization emerge at the sample edges, providing a viable path for generating proximity topological superconductivity and parafermions. Current, calculated in strongly interacting picture is in agreement with the experimental data.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1836758
PAR ID:
10322134
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Editor(s):
Drouhin, Henri-Jean M.; Wegrowe, Jean-Eric; Razeghi, Manijeh
Date Published:
Journal Name:
SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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