arXiv:cond-mat/0304327 · Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Dynamical model for the quantum-to-classical crossover of shot noise

J. Tworzydło, A. Tajic, Henning Schomerus, C. W. J. Beenakker

Published Sep 25, 2003• 52 citations

Abstract

We use the open kicked rotator to model the chaotic scattering in a ballistic quantum dot coupled by two point contacts to electron reservoirs. By calculating the system-size-over-wave-length dependence of the shot-noise power we study the crossover from wave to particle dynamics. Both a fully quantum-mechanical and a semiclassical calculation are presented. We find numerically in both approaches that the noise power is reduced exponentially with the ratio of Ehrenfest time and dwell time, in agreement with analytical predictions.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.68.115313

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