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DC four point resistance of a double barrier quantum pump

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

We investigate the behavior of the dc voltage drop in a periodically driven double barrier structure (DBS) sensed by voltages probes that are weakly coupled to the system. We find that the four terminal resistance R4tR_{4t} measured with the probes located outside the DBS results identical to the resistance measured in the same structure under a stationary bias voltage difference between left and right reservoirs. This result, valid beyond the adiabatic pumping regime, can be taken as an indication of the universal character of R4tR_{4t} as a measure of the resistive properties of a sample, irrespectively of the mechanism used to induce the transport.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0809.3799,
  title  = {DC four point resistance of a double barrier quantum pump},
  author = {F. Foieri and L. Arrachea and M. J. Sanchez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.3799},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figures

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