Edge states reflect the key physical properties yet are difficult to probe individually, particularly when several states are present at an edge. We present momentum resolved tunneling spectroscopy between a quantum well and a quantum wire to extract the dispersions of the quantum Hall edge states. Momentum and energy selective tunneling allows for separately addressing the different states even if they are spatially overlapping. This delivers the edge state velocities over broad ranges of magnetic field and density, in excellent agreement with a hard wall model. This technique provides a basis for future edge state selective spectroscopy on quantum materials.

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• Edge states
• Electronic structure
• Quantum Hall effect
• Two-dimensional electron gas