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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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Using light to probe fractional charges in a fractional Chern insulator
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

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