Ebook: Quantum Noise in Mesoscopic Physics

This book is written to conclude the NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Quantum Noise in Mesoscopic Physics" held in Delft, the Netherlands, on June 2-4, 2002. The workshop was co-directed by M. Reznikov of Israel Institute of Technology, and me. The members of the organizing committee were Yaroslav Blanter (Delft), Chirstopher Glattli (Saclay and ENS Paris) and R. Schoelkopf (Yale). The workshop was very successful, and we hope that the reader will be satisfied with the scientific level of the present book. Before addressing scientific issues I find it suitable to address several non-scientific ones. The workshop was attended by researchers from many countries. Most of them perform their activities in academic institutions, where one usually finds the necessary isolation from the problems and sores of the modem world. However, there was a large group of participants for which such isolation was far from perfect. War, hatred, and violence rage just several miles away of their campuses and laboratories, poisoning everyday life in the land of Israel.

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The field of quantum noise in mesoscopic physics has experienced intensive development for more than a decade, and there is as yet no sign of a slow-down. This book presents a collection of reviews in which the leading research teams summarize their most recent results and chart new directions. Taken together, the reviews give a snapshot of the modern state of the field, which is not yet coherent. The book thus presents different approaches and conflicting views, as well as contradictory results and interpretations.

The book is divided into three parts, according to the three main research streams: shot noise, quantum measurement and entanglement, and full counting statistics.

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The field of quantum noise in mesoscopic physics has experienced intensive development for more than a decade, and there is as yet no sign of a slow-down. This book presents a collection of reviews in which the leading research teams summarize their most recent results and chart new directions. Taken together, the reviews give a snapshot of the modern state of the field, which is not yet coherent. The book thus presents different approaches and conflicting views, as well as contradictory results and interpretations.

The book is divided into three parts, according to the three main research streams: shot noise, quantum measurement and entanglement, and full counting statistics.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Reversing the Sign of Current-Current Correlations....Pages 3-31
Shot Noise and Channel Composition of Atomic-Sized Contacts....Pages 33-50
Quantum Noise and Mutiple Andreev Reflections in Superconducting Contacts....Pages 51-71
Shot Noise of Mesoscopic NS Structures: The Role of Andreev Reflection....Pages 73-91
Current Noise in Diffusive SNS Junctions in the Incoherent Mar Regime....Pages 93-118
Shot Noise in Diffusive Superconductor/Normal Metal Heterostructures....Pages 119-133
Photo-Assisted Electron-Hole Partition Noise in Quantum Point Contacts....Pages 135-148
Shot Noise of Cotunneling Current....Pages 149-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Qubits as Spectrometers of Quantum Noise....Pages 175-203
Noisy Quantum Measurement of Solid-State Qubits: Bayesian Approach....Pages 205-228
Linear Quantum Measurements....Pages 229-239
Shot Noise for Entangled and Spin-Polarized Electrons....Pages 241-274
The Generation and Detection of Single and Entangled Electrons in Mesoscopic 2DEG Systems....Pages 275-296
What Quantity is Measured in an Excess Noise Experiment?....Pages 297-311
Noise Correlations, Entanglement, and Bell Inequalities....Pages 313-335
Noise in the Single Electron Transistor and its Back Action during Measurement....Pages 337-355
Dephasing and Renormalization in Quantum Two-Level Systems....Pages 357-370
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
The Statistical Theory of Mesoscopic Noise....Pages 373-396
An Elementary Derivation of Levitov’s Formula....Pages 397-402
Full Counting Statistics in Electric Circuits....Pages 403-427
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
Multiterminal Counting Statistics....Pages 429-462
Full Counting Statistics of Superconductor-Normal-Metal Heterostructures....Pages 463-496
High Cumulants of Current Fluctuations Out of Equilibrium....Pages 497-524

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The field of quantum noise in mesoscopic physics has experienced intensive development for more than a decade, and there is as yet no sign of a slow-down. This book presents a collection of reviews in which the leading research teams summarize their most recent results and chart new directions. Taken together, the reviews give a snapshot of the modern state of the field, which is not yet coherent. The book thus presents different approaches and conflicting views, as well as contradictory results and interpretations.

The book is divided into three parts, according to the three main research streams: shot noise, quantum measurement and entanglement, and full counting statistics.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Reversing the Sign of Current-Current Correlations....Pages 3-31
Shot Noise and Channel Composition of Atomic-Sized Contacts....Pages 33-50
Quantum Noise and Mutiple Andreev Reflections in Superconducting Contacts....Pages 51-71
Shot Noise of Mesoscopic NS Structures: The Role of Andreev Reflection....Pages 73-91
Current Noise in Diffusive SNS Junctions in the Incoherent Mar Regime....Pages 93-118
Shot Noise in Diffusive Superconductor/Normal Metal Heterostructures....Pages 119-133
Photo-Assisted Electron-Hole Partition Noise in Quantum Point Contacts....Pages 135-148
Shot Noise of Cotunneling Current....Pages 149-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Qubits as Spectrometers of Quantum Noise....Pages 175-203
Noisy Quantum Measurement of Solid-State Qubits: Bayesian Approach....Pages 205-228
Linear Quantum Measurements....Pages 229-239
Shot Noise for Entangled and Spin-Polarized Electrons....Pages 241-274
The Generation and Detection of Single and Entangled Electrons in Mesoscopic 2DEG Systems....Pages 275-296
What Quantity is Measured in an Excess Noise Experiment?....Pages 297-311
Noise Correlations, Entanglement, and Bell Inequalities....Pages 313-335
Noise in the Single Electron Transistor and its Back Action during Measurement....Pages 337-355
Dephasing and Renormalization in Quantum Two-Level Systems....Pages 357-370
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
The Statistical Theory of Mesoscopic Noise....Pages 373-396
An Elementary Derivation of Levitov’s Formula....Pages 397-402
Full Counting Statistics in Electric Circuits....Pages 403-427
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
Multiterminal Counting Statistics....Pages 429-462
Full Counting Statistics of Superconductor-Normal-Metal Heterostructures....Pages 463-496
High Cumulants of Current Fluctuations Out of Equilibrium....Pages 497-524
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