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Counting statistics of cotunneling electrons

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2012-09-10 v1

Abstract

We describe a method for calculating the counting statistics of electronic transport through nanoscale devices with both sequential and cotunneling contributions. The method is based upon a perturbative expansion of the von Neumann equation in Liouvillian space, with current cumulants calculated from the resulting nonMarkovian master equation without further approximation. As application, we consider transport through a single quantum dot and discuss the effects of cotunneling on noise and skewness, as well as the properties of various approximation schemes.

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@article{arxiv.0902.3544,
  title  = {Counting statistics of cotunneling electrons},
  author = {Clive Emary},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.3544},
  year   = {2012}
}

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11 pages, 6 figures

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