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Noise in an ac biased junction. Non-stationary Aharonov-Bohm effect

Condensed Matter 2008-04-12 v1

Abstract

We study excess noise in a quantum conductor in the presence of constant voltage and alternating external field. Due to a two particle interference effect caused by Fermi correlations the noise is sensitive to the phase of the time dependent transmission amplitude. We compute spectral density and show that at T=0 the noise has singular dependence on the {\rm dc} voltage VV and the {\rm ac} frequency Ω\Omega with cusplike singularities at integer eV/ΩeV/\hbar\Omega. For a metallic loop with an alternating flux the phase sensitivity leads to an oscillating dependence of the strengths of the cusps on the flux amplitude.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9311048,
  title  = {Noise in an ac biased junction. Non-stationary Aharonov-Bohm effect},
  author = {L. S. Levitov and G. B. Lesovik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9311048},
  year   = {2008}
}

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10 pages, RevTeX 3.0, figures by request