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Finite-frequency admittance and noise of a helical edge coupled to a magnet

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2026-01-13 v1

Abstract

The exchange coupling of the helical edge state of a quantum spin-Hall insulator with an easy-plane magnet has no effect on its DC electrical conductance if the magnet's anisotropy axis is aligned with the spin quantization axis of the helical edge state [Meng et al., Phys. Rev. B 90, 205403 (2014)]. We here calculate the AC conductance GV(ω)G_V(\omega) and the noise power SV(ω)S_V(\omega) in the presence of a DC bias VV. While both take the universal values GV(ω=0)=e2/hG_V({\omega = 0}) = e^2/h and SV(ω=0)=4e2kBT/hS_V(\omega = 0) = 4 e^2 k_{\rm B} T/h in the zero-frequency limit, GV(ω)G_V(\omega) and SV(ω)S_V(\omega) are quickly suppressed for finite ω\omega, so that low-frequency transport is effectively noiseless.

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@article{arxiv.2511.01806,
  title  = {Finite-frequency admittance and noise of a helical edge coupled to a magnet},
  author = {Oliver Franke and Paula Koll and Peter G. Silvestrov and Piet W. Brouwer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.01806},
  year   = {2026}
}

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6 + 4 pages, 2 figures