Shot noise in Fabry-Perot interferometers based on carbon nanotubes

We report on shot noise measurements in carbon nanotube based Fabry-Perot electronic interferometers. As a consequence of quantum interference, the noise power spectral density oscillates as a function of the voltage applied to the gate electrode. The quantum shot noise theory accounts for the data...

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Published inPhysical review letters Vol. 99; no. 15; p. 156804
Main Authors Herrmann, L G, Delattre, T, Morfin, P, Berroir, J-M, Plaçais, B, Glattli, D C, Kontos, T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 12.10.2007
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Summary:We report on shot noise measurements in carbon nanotube based Fabry-Perot electronic interferometers. As a consequence of quantum interference, the noise power spectral density oscillates as a function of the voltage applied to the gate electrode. The quantum shot noise theory accounts for the data quantitatively and allows us to determine directly the transmissions of the two channels characterizing the nanotube. In the weak backscattering regime, the dependence of the noise on the backscattering current is found weaker than expected, pointing either to electron-electron interactions or to weak decoherence.
ISSN:0031-9007
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.156804