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Chin. Phys. B, 2014, Vol. 23(8): 087308    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/23/8/087308
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Topological quantum-phase coherence in full counting statistics of transport electrons with two-body interaction

Guo Xiao-Fang (郭小芳)a, Xue Hai-Bin (薛海斌)b, Liang Jiu-Qing (梁九卿)a
a Institute of Theoretical Physics and Department of Physics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China;
b College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
Abstract  The full counting statistics of electron transport through two parallel quantum dots with antiparallel magnetic fluxes is investigated as a probe to detect the topological quantum-phase coherence (TQPC), which results in the characteristic oscillation of the zero-frequency cumulants including the shot noise and skewness. We show explicitly the phase transition of cumulant spectrum-patterns induced by the topology change of electron path-loops while the pattern period, which depends only on the topology (or Chern number), is robust against the variation of Coulomb interaction and interdot coupling strengths. Most importantly we report for the first time on a new type of TQPC, which is generated by the two-particle interaction and does not exist in the single-particle wave function interference. Moreover, the accurately quantized peaks of Fano-factor spectrum, which characterize the super- and sub-Poissonian shot noises, are of fundamental importance in technical applications similar to the superconducting quantum interference device.
Keywords:  topological quantum-phase coherence      full counting statistics      two-body interaction  
Received:  20 January 2014      Revised:  31 March 2014      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  73.23.-b (Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems)  
  03.65.Vf (Phases: geometric; dynamic or topological)  
  05.60.Gg (Quantum transport)  
  71.10.Pm (Fermions in reduced dimensions (anyons, composite fermions, Luttinger liquid, etc.))  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11075099. 11204203, and 11275118).
Corresponding Authors:  Xue Hai-Bin, Liang Jiu-Qing     E-mail:  xuehaibin@tyut.edu.cn;jqliang@sxu.edu.cn

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Guo Xiao-Fang (郭小芳), Xue Hai-Bin (薛海斌), Liang Jiu-Qing (梁九卿) Topological quantum-phase coherence in full counting statistics of transport electrons with two-body interaction 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 087308

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