Coherent control of single electrons: a review of current progress

C Bäuerle, DC Glattli, T Meunier, F Portier… - Reports on Progress …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In this report we review the present state of the art of the control of propagating quantum
states at the single-electron level and its potential application to quantum information …

Single-electron current sources: Toward a refined definition of the ampere

JP Pekola, OP Saira, VF Maisi, A Kemppinen… - Reviews of Modern …, 2013 - APS
The control of electrons at the level of the elementary charge e was demonstrated
experimentally already in the 1980s. Ever since, the production of an electrical current ef, or …

Two-photon interference: the Hong–Ou–Mandel effect

F Bouchard, A Sit, Y Zhang, R Fickler… - Reports on Progress …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Nearly 30 years ago, two-photon interference was observed, marking the beginning of a
new quantum era. Indeed, two-photon interference has no classical analogue, giving it a …

Topological quantum computation based on chiral Majorana fermions

B Lian, XQ Sun, A Vaezi, XL Qi… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The chiral Majorana fermion is a massless self-conjugate fermion which can arise as the
edge state of certain 2D topological matters. It has been theoretically predicted and …

Quantum Mpemba effect in a quantum dot with reservoirs

AK Chatterjee, S Takada, H Hayakawa - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We demonstrate the quantum Mpemba effect in a quantum dot coupled to two reservoirs,
described by the Anderson model. We show that the system temperatures starting from two …

Minimal-excitation states for electron quantum optics using levitons

J Dubois, T Jullien, F Portier, P Roche, A Cavanna… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
The on-demand generation of pure quantum excitations is important for the operation of
quantum systems, but it is particularly difficult for a system of fermions. This is because any …

Coherence and indistinguishability of single electrons emitted by independent sources

E Bocquillon, V Freulon, JM Berroir, P Degiovanni… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The on-demand emission of coherent and indistinguishable electrons by independent
synchronized sources is a challenging task of quantum electronics, in particular regarding its …

Carbon nanotubes as Cooper-pair beam splitters

LG Herrmann, F Portier, P Roche, AL Yeyati, T Kontos… - Physical review …, 2010 - APS
We report on conductance measurements in carbon nanotube based double quantum dots
connected to two normal electrodes and a central superconducting finger. By operating our …

Coulomb-correlated electron number states in a transmission electron microscope beam

R Haindl, A Feist, T Domröse, M Möller, JH Gaida… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
While correlated electrons are at the heart of many phenomena in condensed matter, as well
as atomic and molecular physics, Coulomb interactions in free-electron beams are generally …

Electrons surfing on a sound wave as a platform for quantum optics with flying electrons

S Hermelin, S Takada, M Yamamoto, S Tarucha… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Electrons in a metal are indistinguishable particles that interact strongly with other electrons
and their environment. Isolating and detecting a single flying electron after propagation, in a …