Decoherence and relaxation of a single electron in a one-dimensional conductor
Decoherence and relaxation of a single electron in a one-dimensional conductor
We study the decoherence and relaxation of a single elementary electronic excitation propagating in a one-dimensional chiral conductor. Using two-particle interferences in the electronic analog of the Hong-Ou-Mandel experiment, we analyze quantitatively the decoherence scenario of a single electron propagating along a quantum Hall edge channel at filling factor 2. …