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Phys. Rev. B 67, 245101 (2003) [6 pages]

Long-wavelength spatial oscillations of high-frequency current noise in one-dimensional electron systems

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B. Trauzettel* and H. Grabert
Physikalisches Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany

Received 18 December 2002; revised 25 March 2003; published 5 June 2003

Finite-frequency current noise is studied theoretically for a one-dimensional electron system in the presence of a scatterer. In contrast to zero-frequency shot noise, finite-frequency noise shows spatial oscillations at high frequencies with wavelength πvF/ω. Band curvature leads to a decay of the amplitude of the noise oscillations as one moves away from the scatterer, superimposed by a beat. Furthermore, Coulomb interaction reduces the amplitude and modifies the wavelength of the oscillations, which we inspect in the framework of the Luttinger liquid (LL) model. The oscillatory noise contributions are only suppressed altogether when the LL interaction parameter g⃗0.

© 2003 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.67.245101
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.67.245101
PACS:
71.10.Pm, 73.40.Cg, 73.50.Td

*Electronic address: tzettel@physik.uni-freiburg.de