Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2000-04-26
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
7 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.62.7283
The dc current induced by a coherent surface acoustic wave (SAW) of wave vector q in a ballistic channel of length L is calculated. The current contains two contributions, even and odd in q. The even current exists only in a asymmetric channel, when the electron reflection coefficients r_1 and r_2 at both channel ends are different. The direction of the even current does not depend on the direction of the SAW propagation, but is reversed upon interchanging r_1 and r_2. The direction of the odd current is correlated with the direction of the SAW propagation, but is insensitive to the interchange of r_1 and r_2. It is shown that both contributions to the current are non zero only when the electron reflection coefficients at the channel ends are energy dependent. The current exhibits geometric oscillations as function of qL. These oscillations are the hallmark of the coherence of the SAW and are completely washed out when the current is induced by a flux of non-coherent phonons. The results are compared with those obtained previously by different methods and under different assumptions.
Entin-Wohlman Ora
Galperin Yu. M.
Levinson Yehoshua
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