Quantum pumping of electrons by a moving modulated potential

Details Quantum pumping of electrons by a moving modulated potential Quantum pumping of electrons by a moving modulated potential

2008-01-02

arxiv.org/abs/0801.0420v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.77.155319

Quantum pumping holds great potential for future applications in micro- and nanotechnology. Its main feature, dissipationless charge transport, is theoretically possible via several different mechanisms. However, since no unambiguous verification has been demonstrated experimentally, the question of finding a viable mechanism for pumping remains open. Here we study quantum pumping in an one dimensional electron waveguide with a single time-dependent barrier. The quantum pumping of electrons using a potential barrier whose height and position are harmonically varied is analyzed analytically and by numerically solving the time-dependent Schr{\"o}dinger equation. The pumped charge is modeled analytically by including two contributions in linear response theory. First, the scattering of electrons off a potential moving slowly through matter-waves gives a contribution independent of the translational velocity of the potential. Second, Doppler-shifted scattering events give rise to a velocity dependent contribution, which is found in general to be small in comparison with the first one. The relative phase between the oscillations of the height and position is found to be the factor that determines to what extent either contribution is present.

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