Experimental investigation of the Pauli exclusion principle using noise in coherent electron transport

Ç Kurdak, C. J. Chen, D. C. Tsui, J. P. Lu, M. Shayegan, S. Parihar, S. A. Lyon

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Abstract

We study low frequency noise and noise correlation in two kinds of mesoscopic conductors to investigate the contribution of Fermi statistics in coherent electron transport. In Y-shaped triple quantum point contact structures, we observe multi-level switching noise which is much bigger than the expected contribution due to Fermi statistics. In a second device structure, a partially transmitting surface gate is used to split ballistic electrons injected from a quantum point contact. In our noise measurements on these second kind of structures, within the resolution of our noise measurement setup (10-20 V2/Hz), no excess noise correlation between the reflection and transmission voltages is observed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)705-708
Number of pages4
JournalSurface Science
Volume361-362
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 20 1996

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Surfaces and Interfaces
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Materials Chemistry

Keywords

  • Electrical transport measurements
  • Heterojunctions

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