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Mesoscopic mechanism of adiabatic charge transport

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We consider adiabatic charge transport through mesoscopic metallic samples caused by a periodically changing external potential. We find that both the amplitude and the sign of the charge transferred through a sample per period are random sample specific quantities. The characteristic magnitude of the charge is determined by the quantum interference.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9809189,
  title  = {Mesoscopic mechanism of adiabatic charge transport},
  author = {F. Zhou and B. Spivak and B. Altshuler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9809189},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures