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Floquet scattering matrix theory of heat fluctuations in dynamical quantum conductors

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2014-05-29 v2

Abstract

I present the Floquet scattering matrix theory of low-frequency heat fluctuations in driven multi-terminal quantum-coherent conductors in the linear response regime and beyond. The intrinsic fluctuations of energy of dynamically excited electrons are identified as the fundamental source of a heat noise not revealed by the electrical noise. The role of backscattering in the increase of a heat noise above the level defined by the Callen-Welton fluctuation-dissipation theorem, is highlighted.

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@article{arxiv.1402.1050,
  title  = {Floquet scattering matrix theory of heat fluctuations in dynamical quantum conductors},
  author = {Michael Moskalets},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.1050},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

5 pages, 1 figure; title changed, references added, heat noise of levitons corrected