Noise and Bistabilities in Quantum Shuttles
Abstract
We present a study of current fluctuations in two models proposed as quantum shuttles. Based on a numerical evaluation of the first three cumulants of the full counting statistics we have recently shown that a giant enhancement of the zero-frequency current noise in a single-dot quantum shuttle can be explained in terms of a bistable switching between two current channels. By applying the same method to a quantum shuttle consisting of a vibrating quantum dot array, we show that the same mechanism is responsible for a giant enhancement of the noise in this model, although arising from very different physics. The interpretation is further supported by a numerical evaluation of the finite-frequency noise. For both models we give numerical results for the effective switching rates.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0504555,
title = {Noise and Bistabilities in Quantum Shuttles},
author = {Christian Flindt and Tomas Novotny and Antti-Pekka Jauho},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0504555},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, 4 figures, Contribution to ICNF 2005, Salamanca, Spain, September, 2005