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30 Jul-5 Aug 2017 Quy Nhon (Vietnam)

 

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Two-particle interferometry for signal processing of a quantum electrical current
Arthur Marguerite, Benjamin Roussel, Rémi Bisognin, Clément Cabart, Jean-Marc Berroir  1@  , Erwann Bocquillon  1@  , Bernard Plaçais  1@  , Antonella Cavanna  2@  , Yong Jin  2@  , Pascal Degiovanni  3@  , Gwendal Feve  1@  
1 : Laboratoire Pierre Aigrain  (LPA)  -  Website
CNRS : UMR8551, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) - Paris VI, Université Paris VII - Paris Diderot, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris - ENS Paris
Département de Physique Ecole Normale Supérieure 24, rue Lhomond F-75231 Paris Cedex 05 -  France
2 : Laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures  (LPN)
CNRS : UPR20
Route de Nozay 91460 MARCOUSSIS -  France
3 : Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS Lyon  (Phys-ENS)  -  Website
CNRS : UMR5672, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
46 allée d'Italie 69007 Lyon -  France

Quantum nanoelectronics has entered an era where quantum electrical currents built from single to few elementary excitations generated on demand. However, very limited tools have been implemented so far to characterize the emitted states. In this work, we present a two stage quantum analyzer able to extract single electron and hole excitations as well as their quantum coherences from a quantum electrical current. The first on-chip and quantum stage reconstructs, from two electron interferences, the Wigner distribution of an unknown electronic state without a priori knowledge. Using simple a.c. drives for demonstration, we reconstruct their Wigner distributions and can distinguish between quasi-classical and quantum drives. In the latter case, a second stage extracts through a signal procedure the relevant single electron and hole excitations localized within each emission period from the reconstructed Wigner distribution. This analysis is instrumental for characterizing and controlling single to few quantum excitations of the electronic fluid and for investigating electron/hole entanglement.


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