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Linear thermal noise induced by Berry curvature dipole in a four-terminal system

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2026-04-06 v1

Abstract

In this work, we numerically investigate linear thermal noise in a four-terminal system with a finite Berry curvature dipole (BCD) using the nonequilibrium Green's function formalism. By comparing with the semiclassical results for bulk systems, we establish a one-to-one correspondence between terminal-resolved linear noise in multi-terminal systems and direction-resolved noise in bulk transport. Specifically, the auto-correlation function scales as 2kBT2 k_B T when the driving field is perpendicular to the BCD and vanishes when they are parallel, whereas the cross-correlation scales as kBTk_B T. Both the auto- and cross-correlation functions exhibit pronounced peaks near the band edges, consistent with BCD-induced features. In addition, the linear thermal noise increases approximately linearly with TT at low temperatures and is suppressed by dephasing effect at high temperatures. Our work bridges semiclassical bulk theory and quantum multi-terminal theory for linear thermal noise, highlighting the symmetry(geometry)-selection rule in quantum transport.

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@article{arxiv.2602.10406,
  title  = {Linear thermal noise induced by Berry curvature dipole in a four-terminal system},
  author = {Wenyu Chen and Miaomiao Wei and Yunjin Yu and Fuming Xu and Jian Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.10406},
  year   = {2026}
}