Parametric pumping at finite frequency
Abstract
We report a first-principles theory for analyzing the parametric electron pump at finite frequency. The pump is controlled by two pumping parameters with phase difference φ. In the zero-frequency limit, our theory recovers the well-known adiabatic result that the pumped current I(φ)~sin φ. At a finite frequency, it predicts I(φ=0)≠0 while I(φ=π)~0, consistent with recent experimental data. We discuss a possible mechanism behind the nonzero pumped current at φ=0 from photon-assisted processes.
- Publication:
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Physical Review B
- Pub Date:
- February 2002
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.073306
- arXiv:
- arXiv:cond-mat/0107078
- Bibcode:
- 2002PhRvB..65g3306W
- Keywords:
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- 73.23.Ad;
- 72.10.Bg;
- 73.40.Gk;
- Ballistic transport;
- General formulation of transport theory;
- Tunneling;
- Condensed Matter
- E-Print:
- doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.65.073306