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Dirac Fermions on a 2D lattice in the presence of defects : with possible applications to quantum computation

University of British Columbia

Dirac Fermions on 2D lattice are studied in the presence of a single flux tube, a pair of flux tubes and an edge dislocation/anti-dislocation pair. Numerical studies have been carried out using exact diagonalization for each case, and the results indicate that the model supports fractionally charged particles with anyonic statistics. An analytical calculation is also provided, predicting a zero energy bound state in the continuum for Dirac Fermions in the presence of a single flux tube carrying one-half flux quantum, as well as a brief discussion of anyonic quasiparticles and their possible application to quantum computation.

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2011-02-21

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http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31558

Physics

University of British Columbia

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