Mesoscopic fluctuations in the shot-noise power of metals
Author(s) -
M. J. M. de Jong,
C. W. J. Beenakker
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
physical review. b, condensed matter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1095-3795
pISSN - 0163-1829
DOI - 10.1103/physrevb.46.13400
Subject(s) - mesoscopic physics , shot noise , noise (video) , physics , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , random matrix , condensed matter physics , noise power , scattering , conductor , statistical physics , power (physics) , optics , materials science , quantum mechanics , computer science , eigenvalues and eigenvectors , composite material , artificial intelligence , detector , image (mathematics)
The sample-to-sample fluctuations in the shot-noise power of a quasi-onedimensional, phase-coherent, metallic, diffusive conductor are studied by extending the random-matrix theory of universal conductance fluctuations. The variance of the shot-noise power is shown to be independent of the sample size and the degree of disorder. The precise numerical value is calculated. Furthermore, a weak-localization effect in the average shot-noise power is found. The effect of inelastic scattering for conductors longer than the phase-coherence length is discused
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