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Quantum transitions induced by the third cumulant of current fluctuations

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-11 v3 Superconductivity

Abstract

We investigate the transitions induced by external current fluctuations on a small probe quantum system. The rates for the transitions between the energy states are calculated using the real-time Keldysh formalism for the density matrix evolution. We especially detail the effects of the third cumulant of current fluctuations inductively coupled to a quantum bit and propose a setup for detecting the frequency-dependent third cumulant through the transitions it induces.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0506601,
  title  = {Quantum transitions induced by the third cumulant of current fluctuations},
  author = {T. Ojanen and T. T. Heikkila},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0506601},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures