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A strict bidimensional (strict-2D) exact-exchange (EE) formalism within the framework of density-functional theory (DFT) has been developed and applied to the case of an electron gas subjected to a strong perpendicular magnetic field, that drives the system to the regime of the integer quantum Hall effect (IQHE). As the filling of the emerging Landau levels proceeds, two main features results: i) the EE energy minimizes with a discontinuous derivative at every integer filling factor $ u$; and ii) the EE potential display sharp discontinuities at every integer $ u$. The present contribution provides a natural improvement as compared with the widely used local-spin-density approximation (LSDA), since the EE energy functional fully contains the effect of the magnetic field, and includes an inter-layer exchange coupling for multilayer systems. As a consistency test, the LSDA is derived as the leading term of a low-field expansion of the EE energy and potential.
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It is shown here that the Exact Exchange (EE) formalism provides a natural and rigorous approach for a Density Functional Theory (DFT) of the Integer Quantum Hall Effect (IQHE). Application of a novel EE method to a quasi two-dimensional electron gas (q2DEG) subjected to a perpendicular magnetic field leads to the following main findings. textit{i)} the microscopic exchange energy functional of the IQHE has been obtained, whose main feature being that it minimizes with a discontinuous derivative at every integer filling factor $ u$; textit{ii)} an analytical solution is found for the magnetic-field dependent EE potential, in the one-subband regime; textit{iii)} as a consequence of textit{i)}, the EE potential display sharp discontinuities at every integer $ u$; and textit{iv)} the widely used Local Spin Density Approximation (LSDA) is strongly violated for filling factors close to integer values.
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The magnetic properties of the intermetallic compound FeAl are investigated using exact exchange density functional theory. This is implemented within a state of the art all-electron full potential method. We find that FeAl is magnetic with a moment of 0.70 $mu_B$, close to the LSDA result of 0.69 $mu_B$. A comparison with the non-magnetic density of states with experimental negative binding energy result shows a much better agreement than any previous calculations. We attribute this to the fine details of the exchange field, in particular its asymmetry, which is captured very well with the orbital dependent exchange potential.
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The analog of two seminal quantum optics experiments are considered in a condensed matter setting with single electron sources injecting electronic wave packets on edge states coupled through a quantum point contact. When only one electron is injected, the measurement of noise correlations at the output of the quantum point contact corresponds to the Hanbury-Brown and Twiss setup. When two electrons are injected on opposite edges, the equivalent of the Hong-Ou-Mandel collision is achieved, exhibiting a dip as in the coincidence measurements of quantum optics. The Landauer-Buttiker scattering theory is used to first review these phenomena in the integer quantum Hall effect, next, to focus on two more exotic systems: edge states of two dimensional topological insulators, where new physics emerges from time reversal symmetry and three electron collisions can be achieved; and edges states of a hybrid Hall/superconducting device, which allow to perform electron quantum optics experiments with Bogoliubov quasiparticles.
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