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Bonderson, Parsa, Shtengel, Kirill and Slingerland, Joost (2007) Decoherence of Anyonic Charge in Interferometry Measurements. Physical Review Letters, 98. 070401. ISSN 1079-7114
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Abstract
We examine interferometric measurements of the topological charge of (non-Abelian) anyons. The
target’s topological charge is measured from its effect on the interference of probe particles sent through
the interferometer. We find that superpositions of distinct anyonic charges
a
and
a
0
in the target decohere
(exponentially in the number of probes particles used) when the probes have nontrivial monodromy with
the charges that may be fused with
a
to give
a
0
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Decoherence; Anyonic Charge; Interferometry Measurements; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Mathematical Physics |
| Item ID: | 4800 |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Joost Slingerland |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2014 17:42 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Physical Review Letters |
| Publisher: | American Physical Society |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/4800 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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