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Pumped current and voltage for an adiabatic quantum pump

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We consider adiabatic pumping of electrons through a quantum dot. There are two ways to operate the pump: to create a dc current Iˉ{\bar I} or to create a dc voltage Vˉ{\bar V}. We demonstrate that, for very slow pumping, Iˉ{\bar I} and Vˉ{\bar V} are not simply related via the dc conductance GG as Iˉ=VˉG\bar I = \bar V G. For the case of a chaotic quantum dot, we consider the statistical distribution of VˉGIˉ{\bar V} G - {\bar I}. Results are presented for the limiting cases of a dot with single channel and with multichannel point contacts.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0102159,
  title  = {Pumped current and voltage for an adiabatic quantum pump},
  author = {M. L. Polianski and P. W. Brouwer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0102159},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures

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