Effet Hall quantique fractionnaireL'effet Hall quantique fractionnaire (en anglais, fractional quantum Hall effect : FQHE) est une version en mécanique quantique de l'effet Hall, mise en évidence dans les années 1980 par Horst Störmer et Daniel Tsui et explicitée par Robert B. Laughlin, co-lauréats du prix Nobel de physique de 1998. Lorsque le FQHE apparaît dans un système, celui-ci semble composé de particules possédant une fraction de la charge élémentaire. Le FQHE survient dans un gaz d'électrons bi-dimensionnel, lesquels sont en forte interaction.
Effet Hall quantique entierL'effet Hall quantique entier est une version en mécanique quantique de l'effet Hall mise en évidence en 1980 par le physicien allemand Klaus von Klitzing. Cette découverte a eu d'importantes applications dans le développement des semi-conducteurs et en métrologie, notamment dans la détermination de la constante de structure fine.
Topological quantum computerA topological quantum computer is a theoretical quantum computer proposed by Russian-American physicist Alexei Kitaev in 1997. It employs quasiparticles in two-dimensional systems, called anyons, whose world lines pass around one another to form braids in a three-dimensional spacetime (i.e., one temporal plus two spatial dimensions). These braids form the logic gates that make up the computer. The advantage of a quantum computer based on quantum braids over using trapped quantum particles is that the former is much more stable.
Two-dimensional electron gasA two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) is a scientific model in solid-state physics. It is an electron gas that is free to move in two dimensions, but tightly confined in the third. This tight confinement leads to quantized energy levels for motion in the third direction, which can then be ignored for most problems. Thus the electrons appear to be a 2D sheet embedded in a 3D world. The analogous construct of holes is called a two-dimensional hole gas (2DHG), and such systems have many useful and interesting properties.
Topological orderIn physics, topological order is a kind of order in the zero-temperature phase of matter (also known as quantum matter). Macroscopically, topological order is defined and described by robust ground state degeneracy and quantized non-Abelian geometric phases of degenerate ground states. Microscopically, topological orders correspond to patterns of long-range quantum entanglement. States with different topological orders (or different patterns of long range entanglements) cannot change into each other without a phase transition.
Electron mobilityIn solid-state physics, the electron mobility characterises how quickly an electron can move through a metal or semiconductor when pulled by an electric field. There is an analogous quantity for holes, called hole mobility. The term carrier mobility refers in general to both electron and hole mobility. Electron and hole mobility are special cases of electrical mobility of charged particles in a fluid under an applied electric field. When an electric field E is applied across a piece of material, the electrons respond by moving with an average velocity called the drift velocity, .
Laughlin wavefunctionIn condensed matter physics, the Laughlin wavefunction is an ansatz, proposed by Robert Laughlin for the ground state of a two-dimensional electron gas placed in a uniform background magnetic field in the presence of a uniform jellium background when the filling factor of the lowest Landau level is where is an odd positive integer. It was constructed to explain the observation of the fractional quantum Hall effect, and predicted the existence of additional states as well as quasiparticle excitations with fractional electric charge , both of which were later experimentally observed.
AnyonEn physique quantique, un anyon est un type de particule propre aux systèmes à deux dimensions. Ni boson ni fermion, l'anyon en est une généralisation. Prédits et théorisés depuis plus de quatre décennies, les premières preuves expérimentales de l'existence des anyons ne datent que de 2020. Le concept d'anyon est utile lorsqu’on s’intéresse à un système à deux dimensions tel que le graphène ou l’.
Transistorvignette|Quelques modèles de transistors. Le transistor est un composant électronique à semi-conducteur permettant de contrôler ou d'amplifier des tensions et des courants électriques. C'est le composant actif le plus important des circuits électroniques aussi bien en basse qu'en haute tension : circuits logiques (il permet, assemblé avec d'autres, d'effectuer des opérations logiques pour des programmes informatiques), amplificateur, stabilisateur de tension, modulation de signal Les transistors revêtent une importance particulière dans les circuits intégrés, ce qui rend possible la microélectronique.
Static forces and virtual-particle exchangeStatic force fields are fields, such as a simple electric, magnetic or gravitational fields, that exist without excitations. The most common approximation method that physicists use for scattering calculations can be interpreted as static forces arising from the interactions between two bodies mediated by virtual particles, particles that exist for only a short time determined by the uncertainty principle. The virtual particles, also known as force carriers, are bosons, with different bosons associated with each force.
