Tel Aviv University


Tel Aviv University
Physics Colloquium

Academic Year  2000 - 2001


The colloquium is held at Melamed Hall (Room 6) in the Shenkar Physics Building, every Sunday at 16:10. Light refreshments are served outside Melamed Hall at 15:50. 

 

January 28, 2001

"Controlled Dephasing of Electrons via Which Path  Experiments"

Prof. Mordehai Heiblum 
Dept. of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science



     Electrons in a mesoscopic system were controllably dephased via detecting their trajectory.  Electrons' coherent properties were first observed by constructing a two path electron interferometer. A detector was then added near one of the paths. As the sensitivity of the detector increased, providing thus more accurate information of the chosen path by the electron, the visibility of the interference diminished - reflecting loss of coherence.
 

Host: Dr. Ron Lifshitz, x5145
 
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For more information or for directions to Melamed Hall please contact: Yardena Mori  +972-3-6408636

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Sponsored by:   The School of Physics & Astronomy, The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University.