{
  "id": "1411.0380",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2014-11-03T07:26:50.000Z",
  "updated": "2015-04-11T11:06:54.000Z",
  "title": "Interference and multi-particle effects in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with single-particle sources",
  "authors": [
    "Guillem Rosselló",
    "Francesca Battista",
    "Michael Moskalets",
    "Janine Splettstoesser"
  ],
  "comment": "19 pages, 7 figures, published version",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 91, 115438 (2015)",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We investigate a Mach-Zehnder interferometer fed by two time-dependently driven single-particle sources, one of them placed in front of the interferometer, the other in the center of one of the arms. As long as the two sources are operated independently, the signal at the output of the interferometer shows an interference pattern, which we analyze in the spectral current, in the charge and energy currents, as well as in the charge current noise. The synchronization of the two sources in this specifically designed setup allows for collisions and absorptions of particles at different points of the interferometer, which have a strong impact on the detected signals. It introduces further relevant time-scales and can even lead to a full suppression of the interference in some of the discussed quantities. The complementary interpretations of this phenomenon in terms of spectral properties and tunable two-particle effects (absorptions and quantum exchange effects) are put forward in this article.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2014-11-03T07:26:50.000Z",
      "abstract": "We investigate a Mach-Zehnder interferometer fed by two time-dependently driven single-particle sources, one of them placed in front of the interferometer, the other in the centre of one of the arms. As long as the two sources are operated independently, the signal at the output of the interferometer shows an interference pattern, which we analyse in the spectral current, in the charge and energy currents, as well as in the charge current noise. The synchronisation of the two sources, allowing for collisions and absorptions of particles at different points of the interferometer, has a strong impact on the detected signals. It introduces new relevant time-scales and can even lead to a full suppression of the interference in some of the discussed quantities. The interpretation of this phenomenon in terms of spectral properties and tuneable two-particle effects is put forward in this manuscript.",
      "comment": "19 pages, 7 figures",
      "journal": null,
      "doi": null
    },
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2015-04-11T11:06:54.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "72.10.-d",
      "73.23.Ad",
      "72.70.+m"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "mach-zehnder interferometer",
      "multi-particle effects",
      "interference",
      "time-dependently driven single-particle sources",
      "charge current noise"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review B",
      "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.91.115438",
      "year": 2015,
      "month": "Mar",
      "volume": 91,
      "number": 11,
      "pages": 115438
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 19,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2015PhRvB..91k5438R"
    }
  }
}