Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 016803 (2006) [4 pages]Detecting Non-Abelian Statistics in the ν=5/2 Fractional Quantum Hall StateReceived 30 August 2005; published 6 January 2006 In this Letter we propose an interferometric experiment to detect non-Abelian quasiparticle statistics—one of the hallmark characteristics of the Moore-Read state expected to describe the observed fractional quantum Hall effect plateau at ν=5/2. The implications for using this state for constructing a topologically protected qubit as has been recently proposed by Das Sarma et al. are also addressed. © 2006 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.016803
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.016803
PACS:
73.43.Fj, 73.43.Jn
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