TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantized acoustoelectric current in a finite-length ballistic quantum channel
T2 - The noise spectrum
AU - Galperin, Y. M.
AU - Entin-Wohlman, O.
AU - Levinson, Y.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Fluctuations in the acoustoelectric current, induced by a surface acoustic wave propagating along a ballistic quantum channel, are considered. We focus on the large-wave-amplitude case, in which it has been experimentally found that the current is quantized, and analyze the noise spectrum. A phenomenological description of the process, in terms of a random pulse sequence, is proposed. The important ingredients of this description are the probabilities pn for a surface acoustic wave well to capture n electrons. It is found that from the noise characteristics one can obtain these probabilities, and also estimate the typical length scales of the regions in which the electrons are trapped.
AB - Fluctuations in the acoustoelectric current, induced by a surface acoustic wave propagating along a ballistic quantum channel, are considered. We focus on the large-wave-amplitude case, in which it has been experimentally found that the current is quantized, and analyze the noise spectrum. A phenomenological description of the process, in terms of a random pulse sequence, is proposed. The important ingredients of this description are the probabilities pn for a surface acoustic wave well to capture n electrons. It is found that from the noise characteristics one can obtain these probabilities, and also estimate the typical length scales of the regions in which the electrons are trapped.
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U2 - 10.1103/physrevb.63.153309
DO - 10.1103/physrevb.63.153309
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AN - SCOPUS:0034907666
SN - 0163-1829
VL - 63
SP - 1533091
EP - 1533094
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 15
M1 - 153309
ER -