• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Composite Fermion Theory of Exotic Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
  • Contributor: Jain, Jainendra K.
  • Published: Annual Reviews, 2015
  • Published in: Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 6 (2015) 1, Seite 39-62
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031214-014606
  • ISSN: 1947-5454; 1947-5462
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  • Description: The fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE) arises from strong correlations between electrons when they are confined to two dimensions and exposed to a strong magnetic field. The underlying physics is the formation of topological particles called composite fermions (CFs), electron-vortex bound states whose integer quantum Hall effect explains a large majority of the observed FQHE states. In recent years, the focus has shifted to the more exotic states that originate from a weak residual interaction between composite fermions. These include chiral p-wave paired states of composite fermions at certain even denominator fractions, unconventional FQHE of composite fermions, and a series of CF crystals at low fillings. Aside from these states, we also review the FQHE in multicomponent systems, which has attracted renewed attention because of the observation of well-developed FQHE in several multivalley systems, such as graphene and AlAs quantum wells.