2006/06/29 by D. Bagrets, Д. А. Багрец, F. Pistolesi
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.75.165315
published as Phys. Rev. B vol. 75, 165315 (2007). · 5 pages, 3 Figures
arxiv created 2006/06/29 · openalex publication_date 2007/04/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We calculate the low-frequency current noise for ac-biased mesoscopic chaotic cavities and diffusive wires. Contrary to what happens for the admittance, the frequency dispersion in noise is determined not by the electric response time (the RC time of the circuit), but by the time that electrons need to diffuse through the structure (dwell time or diffusion time). We find that the derivative of the photon-assisted shot noise with respect to the external ac frequency displays a maximum at the Thouless energy scale of the conductor. This dispersion comes from the slow, charge-neutral fluctuations of the nonequilibrium electron distribution function inside the structure. Our theoretical predictions can be verified with present experimental technology.