Current noise in an irradiated point contact

Citation
Y. Levinson et P. Wolfle, Current noise in an irradiated point contact, PHYS REV L, 83(7), 1999, pp. 1399-1402
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
83
Issue
7
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1399 - 1402
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(19990816)83:7<1399:CNIAIP>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We propose a new approach to calculate current and current correlations in a ballistic quantum point contact interacting with a classical field. The a pproach is based on the concept of scattering states for a time-dependent H amiltonian neglecting electron-electron interaction. Using this approach we calculate the spectra of the current noise in a biased point contact irrad iated by a weak random field. For typical radiation frequencies v less than the temperature T and the bias voltage V, we find a narrow peak of width v on top of a broad background of width max(T, eV).