Mesoscopic Mechanism of Adiabatic Charge Transport

F. Zhou, B. Spivak, and B. Altshuler
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 608 – Published 18 January 1999
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Abstract

We consider adiabatic charge transport through mesoscopic metallic samples caused by a periodically changing external potential. We find that both the amplitude and the sign of the charge transferred through a sample per period are random sample specific quantities. The characteristic magnitude of the charge is determined by the quantum interference.

  • Received 17 September 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.608

©1999 American Physical Society

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F. Zhou1, B. Spivak2, and B. Altshuler1,3

  • 1Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
  • 2Physics Department, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
  • 3NEC Research Institute, 4 Independence Way, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

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Vol. 82, Iss. 3 — 18 January 1999

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