General Bounds on Electronic Shot Noise in the Absence of Currents
Journal article, 2021
We investigate the charge and heat electronic noise in a generic two-terminal mesoscopic conductor in the absence of the corresponding charge and heat currents. Despite these currents being zero, shot noise is generated in the system. We show that, irrespective of the conductor’s details and the specific nonequilibrium conditions, the charge shot noise never exceeds its thermal counterpart, thus establishing a general bound. Such a bound does not exist in the case of heat noise, which reveals a fundamental difference between charge and heat transport under zero-current conditions.
Author
Jakob Eriksson
University of Gothenburg
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Applied Quantum Physics
Matteo Acciai
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Applied Quantum Physics
Ludovico Tesser
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Applied Quantum Physics
Janine Splettstoesser
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Applied Quantum Physics
Physical Review Letters
0031-9007 (ISSN) 1079-7114 (eISSN)
Vol. 127 13 136801Areas of Advance
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Subject Categories
Energy Engineering
Other Physics Topics
Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.136801
PubMed
34623850