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Microscopic theory of counting statistics of electrical noise is reviewed. We discuss a model of passive charge detector based on current fluctuations coupled to a spin, and its relation with the theory of photon counting in quantum optics.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. S. Levitov

Earlier theory and measurements show that nanomechanical electron shuttles can work as ratchets for radio-frequency rectification, but its performance was hard to predict so far. This paper focuses on the coupled shuttles which can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-22 Mo Zhao , Robert H. Blick

We present a detailed analysis of two-state trajectories obtained from force-clamp spectroscopy (FCS) of reversibly bonded systems. FCS offers the unique possibility to vary the equilibrium constant in two-state kinetics, for instance the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-18 Gregor Diezemann , Thomas Schlesier , Burkhard Geil , Andreas Janshoff

We demonstrate that the probability distribution of the net number of electrons passing through a quantum system in a junction obeys a steady-state fluctuation theorem (FT) which can be tested experimentally by the full counting statistics…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Massimiliano Esposito , Upendra Harbola , Shaul Mukamel

We present time-resolved measurements of electron transport through a quantum dot. The measurements were performed using a nearby quantum point contact as a charge detector. The rates for tunneling through the two barriers connecting the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Gustavsson , R. Leturcq , B. Simovic , R. Schleser , P. Studerus , T. Ihn , K. Ensslin , D. C. Driscoll , A. C. Gossard

We theoretically consider charge transport through two quantum dots coupled in series. The corresponding full counting statistics for noninteracting electrons is investigated in the limits of sequential and coherent tunneling by means of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. Kiesslich , P. Samuelsson , A. Wacker , E. Schoell

Motivated by recent real-time electron counting experiments, we evaluate the full counting statistics (FCS) for the probability distribution of the electron number inside a quantum dot which is weakly coupled to source and drain leads. A…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yasuhiro Utsumi

Using a microscopic model for stochastic transport through a single quantum dot that is modified by the Coulomb interaction of environmental (weakly coupled) quantum dots, we derive generic properties of the full counting statistics for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-05-07 Gernot Schaller , Gerold Kießlich , Tobias Brandes

We discuss methods for numerically solving the generalized Master equation GME which governs the time-evolution of the reduced density matrix of a mechanically movable mesoscopic device in a dissipative environment. As a specific example,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Antti-Pekka Jauho , Tomas Novotny , Andrea Donarini , Christian Flindt

The form of electron counting statistics of the tunneling current noise in a generic many-body interacting electron system is obtained. The third correlator of current fluctuations (the skewness of the charge counting distribution) has a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-04-12 L. S. Levitov , M. Reznikov

We extend the second-order von Neumann approach within the generalized master equation formalism for quantum electronic transport to include the counting field. The resulting non-Markovian evolution equation for the reduced density matrix…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-01-25 Philipp Zedler , Clive Emary , Tobias Brandes , Tomas Novotny

Non-equilibrium transport properties of quantum systems have recently become experimentally accessible in a number of platforms in so-called full-counting experiments that measure transient and steady state non-equilibrium transport…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-28 Javier Cerrillo , Maximilian Buser , Tobias Brandes

In order to fully characterize the noise associated with electron transport, with its severe consequences for solid-state quantum information systems, the theory of full counting statistics has been developed. It accounts for correlation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 D. A. Bagrets , Y. Utsumi , D. S. Golubev , G. Schoen

We derive a general expression for the cumulant generating function (CGF) of non-Markovian quantum stochastic transport processes. The long-time limit of the CGF is determined by a single dominating pole of the resolvent of the memory…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-04-17 Christian Flindt , Tomas Novotny , Alessandro Braggio , Maura Sassetti , Antti-Pekka Jauho

A theory of electron counting statistics in quantum transport is presented. It involves an idealized scheme of current measurement using a spin 1/2 coupled to the current so that it precesses at the rate proportional to the current. Within…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-04-12 L. S. Levitov , H. -W. Lee , G. B. Lesovik

In quantum transport through nanoscale devices, fluctuations arise from various sources: the discreteness of charge carriers, the statistical non-equilibrium that is required for device operation, and unavoidable quantum uncertainty. As…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Samuel L. Rudge , Daniel S. Kosov

Stochastic systems feature, in general, both coherent dynamics and incoherent transitions between different states. We propose a method to identify the coherent part in the full counting statistics for the transitions. The proposal is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-10 Philipp Stegmann , Jürgen König , Stephan Weiss

We investigate the full counting statistics of a single quantum dot strongly coupled to a local phonon and weakly tunnel-connected to two metallic electrodes. By employing the generalized nonequilibrium Green function method and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Bing Dong , G. H. Ding , X. L. Lei

Quantum transport is often characterized not just by mean observables like the particle or energy current, but by their fluctuations and higher moments, which can act as detailed probes of the physical mechanisms at play. However,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-20 Ido Zemach , Andre Erpenbeck , Emanuel Gull , Guy Cohen

We develop a non-Markovian full counting statistics formalism taking into account both the sequential tunneling and cotunneling based on the exact particle number resolved time-convolutionless master equation and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-17 Hai-Bin Xue , Jiu-Qing Liang , Wu-Ming Liu