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108 Nanophysics Fall 2005

Exercise 10
(On Mon Dec 5th at 12:15, in F2. Participants should present their solutions on the blackboard.)

8.5 Using the Boltzmann-Langevin formalism and Eq. (8.60), consider the shot-noise limit where the tem-
perature vanishes, T = 0, and there is a voltage V over the wire. Calculate SI for a) nonequilibrium
diffusive system where L  lee , leph b) quasiequilibrium diffusive system with lee  L  leph and c)
equilibrium diffusive system with lee , leph  L. In each case, compare this to the average current,

AσN
I= V (1)
L
and find the corresponding Fano factor. Use the distribution functions calculated in the exercises of Ch. 4.
Hint: Assuming the integrals converge, you may interchange the order of integration in Eq. (8.60).
The following integrals may be useful in the exercises (I use a shorthand notation fL = f 0 (E; 0, T ),
fR = f 0 (E, eV, T )):
Z ∞
dEf 0 (1 − f 0 ) = kB T (2)
−∞
∞
(eV − 2kB T )eeV /kB T + eV + 2kB T
Z
dE(fR − fL )(1 − 2fL ) = (3)
−∞ eeV /kB T − 1
Z ∞ Z ∞
dE(fR − fL )2 = dE(fR − fL )(1 − 2fL ) (4)
−∞ −∞
Z 1 p π
x(1 − x) = . (5)
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8.8 Find the four lowest cumulants of the equilibrium fluctuations described by Eq. (8.74).

9.2 Consider a quantum system coupled to a ”bath” with equilibrium fluctuations obeying the fluctuation-
dissipation theorem with temperature T . Show that the steady-state occupation numbers of this system
satisfy detailed balance,  
pm E n − Em
= exp . (6)
pn kB T