Shot noise in carbon nanotube based Fabry-Perot interferometers

• Main Authors: Herrmann, L. G, Delattre, T, Morfin, P, Berroir, J. -M, Plaçais, B, Glattli, D. C, Kontos, T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 05-03-2007
• Subjects: Physics - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0703123

Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 156804 (2007) We report on shot noise measurements in carbon nanotube based Fabry-Perot
electronic interferometers. As a consequence of quantum interferences, the
noise power spectral density oscillates as a function of the voltage applied to
the gate electrode. The quantum shot noise theory accounts for the data
quantitatively. It allows to confirm the existence of two nearly degenerate
orbitals. At resonance, the transmission of the nanotube approaches unity, and
the nanotube becomes noiseless, as observed in quantum point contacts. In this
weak backscattering regime, the dependence of the noise on the backscattering
current is found weaker than expected, pointing either to electron-electron
interactions or to weak decoherence.