Shot Noise in Schottky's Vacuum Tube
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
In these notes we discuss the origin of shot noise ('Schroteffekt') of vacuum tubes in detail. It will be shown that shot noise observed in vacuum tubes and first described by W. Schottky in 1918 is a purely classical phenomenon. This is in pronounced contrast to shot noise investigated in mesoscopic conductors which is due to quantum mechanical diffraction of electron waves.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0112504,
title = {Shot Noise in Schottky's Vacuum Tube},
author = {C. Schönenberger and S. Oberholzer and E. V. Sukhorukov and H. Grabert},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0112504},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages including 5 figures