Electron Quantum Optics in a Quantum Information Perspective
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Quantum Information".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (12 July 2021) | Viewed by 4977
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Interests: fractional quantum Hall effect; quantum spin Hall effect; electron quantum optics; interaction effects in low-dimensional systems; energy transport in topological edge channels; quantum batteries
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Dear colleagues,
In recent years the possibility to create, manipulate, and measure single- to few-electron quantum states opened the way to the field of electron quantum optics. In this framework, conventional quantum optics tools have been properly reconsidered in order to describe the behavior of electrons ballistically propagating in mesoscopic devices. In particular, the realization of interferometers and the tomographic reconstruction of fermionic states have been among the milestones in this domain.
This branch of research has now reached a high level of maturity, making it possible to envisage the application of these propagating electronic wave-packets as flying qubits able to carry the information enclosed into a static qubit and transfer it unaffected along quantum circuits. In view of possible implementations in this direction, new effects related to the Pauli principle, many-body physics, unconventional correlation, and electron–electron interaction need to be carefully taken into account. Moreover, new experimental geometries need to be investigated in order to achieve an active optimal control over electronic wave-packets.
In this spirit, the present Special Issue is devoted to collecting the current experimental and theoretical state-of-the-art on this subject to settle a common ground for a new phases of electron quantum optics aimed at reaching an high level of control of individual electronic quantum states.
Dr. Dario Ferraro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Electron quantum optics
- Flying qubits
- Electronic interferometers
- Single-electron sources
- Interaction effects at the single-electron level
