Out of equilibrium statistical ensembles for mesoscopic rings coupled to reservoirs

S. Peysson , Pascal Degiovanni (1) , Benoît Douçot (2) , Régis Mélin (3)

1 Phys-ENS - Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS Lyon
2 LPTHE - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies
3 CRTBT - Centre de Recherches sur les Très Basses Températures

We derive non equilibrium statistical ensembles for a ballistic Aharonov-Bohm loop connected to several electrodes connected to reservoirs with different chemical potentials. A striking consequence of these non trivial ensembles is the emergence of quantum zero point fluctuations of the persistent current around the loop. Detailed predictions for the low frequency noise power are given.

Domaines: Systèmes mésoscopiques et effet Hall quantique [cond-mat.mes-hall]

S. Peysson, Pascal Degiovanni, Benoît Douçot, Régis Mélin. Out of equilibrium statistical ensembles for mesoscopic rings coupled to reservoirs. 2002. ⟨hal-00131642⟩