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Using light to probe fractional charges in a fractional Chern insulator
- February 16, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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In some quantum materials, which are materials governed by quantum mechanical effects, interactions between charged particles (i.e., electrons) can prompt the creation of quasiparticles called anyons, which carry only a fraction of an electron's charge (i.e., fractional charge) and fractional quantum statistics.
Originally published at Phys.org