Shot noise in long conductors

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1998-06-29

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9806348v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

3 pages, 2 figures. Fig. 1 is color-coded - hard copies also available from author. Note change in e-mail address

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Using the 'drift-diffusion-Langevin' equation we show that, at least in one geometry, finite-frequency shot noise is of the order of the 'full' shot noise $2eI$ provided the sample is either short or long enough, $L > L_0(\omega)$. Here $L_0(\omega) = D'/\lph \omega$ with $D'$ the effective diffusion coefficient, $\lph$ the electron-phonon energy relaxation length with energy transfer $eV$, and $\omega$ the observation frequency. For example, in a typical 'zero frequency' experiment, actually performed at 10 KHz, shot noise may be large for $L$ larger than a few centimeters. At 100 MHz shot noise may be large for any length of the sample. The physical reason for this result -- a competition between the equilibration length and the dynamic screening length -- is discussed in the text.

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