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Single electrons pop out of the Fermi sea

The ability to control individual electrons in an electronic conductor would pave the way for novel quantum technologies. Single electrons emerging from a sea of their fellows in a nanoscale electrode can now be generated. See Letter p.659

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Figure 1: Spotting solitons and levitons.

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Flindt, C. Single electrons pop out of the Fermi sea. Nature 502, 630–631 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12699

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