Identifying non-Abelian anyons with upstream noise.
1 : Weizmann Institute of Science
Non-Abelian phases are among the most highly-prized but elusive states of matter. We show that upstream noise measurements can identify the putative non-Abelian fractional quantum Hall plateaus at filling factors $\nu=\frac{12}{5}$ or in any half-filled Landau level. Interfacing these states with any readily-available Abelian state yields a binary outcome of upstream noise or no noise. Judicious choices of the Abelian states can produce a sequence of yes--no outcomes that fingerprint the possible non-Abelian phase by ruling out its competitors.