  A novel chiral interferometer is proposed that allows for a direct
measurement of the phase of the transmission coefficient for transport through
a variety of mesoscopic structures in a strong magnetic field. The effects of
electron-electron interaction on this phase is investigated with the use of
finite-size bosonization techniques combined with perturbation theory
resummation. New non-Fermi-liquid phenomena are predicted in the FQHE regime
that may be used to distinguish experimentally between Luttinger and Fermi
liquids.
