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Title: Mesoscopic Interferometers for Electron Waves

Journal Article · · Optics and Spectroscopy
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/1.2055951· OSTI ID:20723080
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  1. Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100 (Israel)

Mesoscopic interferometers are electronic analogues of optical interferometers, with 'quantum point contacts' playing the role of optical beam splitters. Mesoscopic analogues of two-slit, Mach-Zehnder and Fabry-Perot interferometers have been built. A fundamental difference between electron and photon interferometry is that electron interferometry is nonlocal.

OSTI ID:
20723080
Journal Information:
Optics and Spectroscopy, Vol. 99, Issue 3; Other Information: Translated from Optika i Spektroskopiya , ISSN 0030-4034, 99, 521-526 (No. 3, 2005); DOI: 10.1134/1.2055951; (c) 2005 Pleiades Publishing, Inc; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); TN:; ISSN 0030-400X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English