Electron waiting times for the mesoscopic capacitor

Patrick P. Hofer; David Dasenbrook; Christian Flindt

doi:10.1016/j.physe.2015.08.034

Electron waiting times for the mesoscopic capacitor

Patrick P. Hofer
, David Dasenbrook
, Christian Flindt^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Geneva

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Abstract

We evaluate the distribution of waiting times between electrons emitted by a driven mesoscopic capacitor. Based on a wave packet approach we obtain analytic expressions for the electronic waiting time distribution and the joint distribution of subsequent waiting times. These semi-classical results are compared to a full quantum treatment based on Floquet scattering theory and good agreement is found in the appropriate parameter ranges. Our results provide an intuitive picture of the electronic emissions from the driven mesoscopic capacitor and may be tested in future experiments.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3–11
Journal	Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
Volume	82
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physe.2015.08.034
Publication status	Published - Aug 2016
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Electron waiting times
Floquet scattering theory
Mesoscopic capacitor
Waiting time distributions

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