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Materials Science · Physics 2020-10-08 YongJin Cho , Jimy Encomendero , Shao-Ting Ho , Huili Grace Xing , Debdeep Jena

We investigated the conductance and shot noise properties of quasiparticle-transport through a superconducting barrier in graphene. Based on the Blonder, Tinkham, and Klapwijk (BTK) formulation, the theory to investigate the transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-20 Mi Liu , Rui Zhu

We investigate the noise properties of a GaAs/AlGaAs resonant tunneling structure at bias voltages where the current characteristic is determined by single electron tunneling. We discuss the suppression of the shot noise in the framework of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Nauen , F. Hohls , J. Konemann , R. J. Haug

We express the low-frequency shot noise in a disordered normal-metal - superconductor (NS) junction at finite (subgap) voltage in terms of the normal scattering amplitudes and the Andreev reflection amplitude. In the multichannel limit, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 A. L. Fauchere , G. B. Lesovik , G. Blatter

We demonstrate that shot noise in Fe/MgO/Fe/MgO/Fe double-barrier magnetic tunnel junctions is determined by the relative magnetic configuration of the junction and also by the asymmetry of the barriers. The proposed theoretical model,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-09-21 J. P. Cascales , D. Herranz , F. G. Aliev , T. Szczepanski , V. K. Dugaev , J. Barnas , A. Duluard , M. Hehn , C. Tiusan

Low frequency shot noise and dc current profiles for a double-barrier resonant-tunneling structure (DBRTS) under a strong magnetic field applied perpendicular to the interfaces have been studied. Both the structures with 3D and 2D emitter…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 O. Lund Bo , Yu. Galperin

We present a theoretical analysis of the effect of inelastic electron scattering on current and its fluctuations in a mesoscopic quantum dot (QD) connected to two leads, based on a recently developed nonperturbative technique involving the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Bing Dong , H. L. Cui , X. L. Lei , Norman J. M. Horing

We study charge transport through a chain of quantum dots. The dots are fully coherent among each other and weakly coupled to metallic electrodes via the dots at the interface, thus modelling a molecular wire. If the non-local Coulomb…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Aghassi , A. Thielmann , M. H. Hettler , G. Schön

Organic molecules have recently revolutionized ways to create new spintronic devices. Despite intense studies, the statistics of tunneling electrons through organic barriers remains unclear. Here we investigate conductance and shot noise in…

We have investigated shot noise in a 6-nm-diameter, semiconducting multiwalled carbon nanotube FET at 4.2 K over the frequency range 600 - 950 MHz. We find a transconductance of 3 - 3.5 $\mu$S for optimal positive and negative source-drain…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 F. Wu , T. Tsuneta , R. Tarkiainen , D. Gunnarsson , T. H. Wang , P. J. Hakonen

The shot noise of the current through a single electron transistor (SET), coupled capacitively with an electronic box, is calculated, using the master equation approach. We show that the noise may be sub-Poissonian or strongly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-11 V. Hung Nguyen , V. Lien Nguyen

We observe the suppression of the finite frequency shot-noise produced by a voltage biased tunnel junction due to its interaction with a single electromagnetic mode of high impedance. The tunnel junction is embedded in a quarter wavelength…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-24 C. Altimiras , O. Parlavecchio , P. Joyez , D. Vion , P. Roche , D. Esteve , F. Portier

Spectral density of current fluctuations in a short ballistic superconducting quantum point contact is calculated for arbitrary bias voltages $V$. Contrary to a common opinion that the supercurrent flow in Josephson junctions is coherent…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 D. Averin , H. Imam

The shot noise in long diffusive SNS contacts is calculated using the semiclassical approach. At low frequencies and for purely elastic scattering, the voltage dependence of the noise is of the form S_I = (4\Delta + 2eV)/3R. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. E. Nagaev

We study the behavior of shot noise in resonant tunneling junctions far from equilibrium. Quantum-coherent elastic charge transport can be characterized by a transmission function, that is the probability for an incoming electron at a given…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-19 Anqi Mu , Dvira Segal

A review is given of the shot-noise properties of metallic, diffusive conductors. The shot noise is one third of the Poisson noise, due to the bimodal distribution of transmission eigenvalues. The same result can be obtained from a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 M. J. M. de Jong , C. W. J. Beenakker

Charge transport in superconducting junctions at finite voltages is governed by Andreev reflections, including multiple Andreev reflections, which are processes that enable multiple charge transfer, a hallmark that shot noise can directly…

We examine the shot noise spectrum properties of coherent resonant tunneling in coupled quantum dots in both series and parallel arrangements by means of quantum rate equations and MacDonald's formula. Our results show that, for a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bing Dong , X. L. Lei , N. J. M. Horing

A self-consistent theory of shot noise in ballistic two-terminal conductors under the action of long-range Coulomb correlations is presented. Analytical formulas for the electron distribution function and its fluctuation along the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 O. M. Bulashenko , J. M. Rubi , V. A. Kochelap

Collective electron transport causes a weakly coupled semiconductor superlattice under dc voltage bias to be an excitable system with $2N+2$ degrees of freedom: electron densities and fields at $N$ superlattice periods plus the total…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-19 Emanuel Mompo , Miguel Ruiz Garcia , Manuel Carretero , Holger T. Grahn , Yaohui Zhang , Luis L. Bonilla