Chin. Phys. Lett.  2011, Vol. 28 Issue (1): 017304    DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/28/1/017304
CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES |
Thermal Shot Noise through Boundary Roughness of Carbon Nanotube Quantum Dots
Attia A. Awadalla1, Adel H. Phillips2**
1Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
2Department of Engineering Physics and Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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Abstract Thermal shot noise, thermal voltage and thermo power are studied through a carbon nanotube quantum dot coupled to two leads with random roughness of amplitude on each of the two boundaries, under the effect of microwave field, and magnetic field. The expressions for the thermal shot noise and thermal energy are deduced when the barrier strength and contact area are taken into consideration. A model for such mesoscopic devices is proposed as a carbon nanotube quantum dot coupled to two leads with random roughness of amplitude on each of the two boundaries. The results show oscillatory behaviors of the dependence of the thermal shot noise on the studied parameters. The thermopower oscillates with the variation of the contact area, and the peak heights decrease linearly with the contact area and increases with temperature. This trend of behavior is due to the interplay of the induced microwave photons and the tunneling rate through the side bands. This research is important for using a model as a high-frequency shot noise detector and the thermopower is sensitive to the energy dependence of the conductance.
Keywords: 73.23.-b      73.40.-c 73.63.-b     
Received: 09 October 2010      Published: 23 December 2010
PACS:  73.23.-b (Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems)  
  73.40.-c 73.63.-b  
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