Abstract
The power spectrum of excess noise of a quantum dot coupled to two leads and irradiated by a microwave field of frequency is derived exactly by directly solving the Heisenberg equation. We found that for where is the linewidth of the intradot energy level, the power spectrum can be nonzero even if the averaged current is zero. This property originates from photon-assisted tunneling and is very different from the shot noise in steady state. For our results are consistent with the recent experiment by Schoelkopf et al. and previous theory.
- Received 24 January 2000
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.61.13032
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