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arXiv:cond-mat/0305110 · Physical Review Letters

Proposal for Production and Detection of Entangled Electron-Hole Pairs in a Degenerate Electron Gas

C. W. J. Beenakker, Clive Emary, M. Kindermann, J. L. van Velsen

Published Oct 1, 2003• 195 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate theoretically that the shot noise produced by a tunnel barrier in a two-channel conductor violates a Bell inequality. The nonlocality is shown to originate from entangled electron-hole pairs created by tunneling events-without requiring electron-electron interactions. The degree of entanglement (concurrence) equals 2(T1T2)(1/2)(T1+T2)(-1), with T1,T2<<1 the transmission eigenvalues. A pair of edge channels in the quantum Hall effect is proposed as an experimental realization.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.91.147901

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