Detection of spin entanglement via spin-charge separation in crossed Tomonaga-Luttinger liquids

We investigate tunneling between two spinful Tomonaga-Luttinger liquids (TLLs) realized, e.g., as two crossed nanowires or quantum Hall edge states. When injecting into each TLL one electron of opposite spin, the dc current measured after the crossing differs for singlet, triplet, or product states....

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Published inPhysical review letters Vol. 113; no. 26; p. 266401
Main Authors Schroer, Alexander, Braunecker, Bernd, Levy Yeyati, Alfredo, Recher, Patrik
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 31.12.2014
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Summary:We investigate tunneling between two spinful Tomonaga-Luttinger liquids (TLLs) realized, e.g., as two crossed nanowires or quantum Hall edge states. When injecting into each TLL one electron of opposite spin, the dc current measured after the crossing differs for singlet, triplet, or product states. This is a striking new non-Fermi liquid feature because the (mean) current in a noninteracting beam splitter is insensitive to spin entanglement. It can be understood in terms of collective excitations subject to spin-charge separation. This behavior may offer an easier alternative to traditional entanglement detection schemes based on current noise, which we show to be suppressed by the interactions.
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.266401