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