1999/10/17 by Y. Naveh, Naveh, Y.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9910256
7 pages, 2 figures, to appear in "XVIII Rencontres de Moriond: Quantum Physics at Mesoscopic Scale", Edited by D. C. Glattli and M. Sanquer (Edition Frontiers, France)
arxiv created 1999/10/17 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
A short summary of the drift-diffusion-Langevin formalism for calculating finite-frequency shot noise in diffusive conductors is presented. Two new results are included in this presentation. First, we arrive at a simple (but accurate) phenomenological expression for the semiclassical distribution function of electrons in the presence of electron-electron scattering. Second, it is shown that in thin samples, low-frequency shot noise may be large even if the sample length is much larger than the electron-phonon relaxation length.