Electron-electron scattering effects on the full counting statistics of mesoscopic conductors

S. Pilgram
Phys. Rev. B 69, 115315 – Published 15 March 2004
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Abstract

In the hot electron regime, electron-electron scattering strongly modifies not only the shot noise but also the full counting statistics. We employ a method based on a stochastic path integral to calculate the counting statistics of two systems in which noise in the hot electron regime has been experimentally measured. We give an analytical expression for the counting statistics of a chaotic cavity and find that heating due to electron-electron scattering renders the distribution of transmitted charge symmetric in the shot noise limit. We also discuss the frequency dispersion of the third order correlation function and present numerical calculations for the statistics of diffusive wires in the hot electron regime.

  • Received 14 October 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.115315

©2004 American Physical Society

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S. Pilgram

  • Département de Physique Théorique, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland

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Vol. 69, Iss. 11 — 15 March 2004

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