TY - BOOK ID - 8061260 TI - Mesoscopic Quantum Hall Effect PY - 2012 SN - 3642304982 3642304990 9786613942791 1283630346 3642436633 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Condensed matter. KW - Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics). KW - Quantum Hall effect. KW - Quantum theory. KW - Physics KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Atomic Physics KW - Quantum field theory. KW - Relativistic quantum field theory KW - Quantised Hall effect KW - Quantized Hall effect KW - Physics. KW - Quantum physics. KW - Superconductivity. KW - Superconductors. KW - Electronic circuits. KW - Quantum Physics. KW - Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity. KW - Electronic Circuits and Devices. KW - Field theory (Physics) KW - Quantum theory KW - Relativity (Physics) KW - Hall effect KW - Quantum dynamics KW - Quantum mechanics KW - Quantum physics KW - Mechanics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Electron-tube circuits KW - Electric circuits KW - Electron tubes KW - Electronics KW - Superconducting materials KW - Superconductive devices KW - Cryoelectronics KW - Solid state electronics KW - Electric conductivity KW - Critical currents KW - Superfluidity KW - Materials UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8061260 AB - In recent years, remarkable progress in the fabrication of novel mesoscopic devices has produced a revival of interest in quantum Hall physics. New types of measurements, more precise and efficient than ever, have made it possible to focus closely on the electronic properties of quantum Hall edge states. This is achieved by applying charge and heat currents at mesoscopic length scales, attaching metallic gates and Ohmic contacts, and splitting edge channels with the help of quantum point contacts. The experiments reveal fascinating new phenomena, such as the interference, statistics, and topological phase shifts of fractionally charged quasi-particles, strong interaction and correlation effects, and phase transitions induced by non-Gaussian fluctuations. The thesis discusses some puzzling results of these experiments and presents a coherent picture of mesoscopic effects in quantum Hall systems, which accounts for integer and fractional filling factors and ranges from microscopic theory to effective models, and covers both equilibrium and non-equilibrium phenomena. ER -