Excess noise in STM-style break junctions at room temperature

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dc.citation.firstpage235455
dc.citation.journalTitlePhysical Review B
dc.citation.volumeNumber85
dc.contributor.authorChen, Ruoyu
dc.contributor.authorWheeler, Patrick J.
dc.contributor.authorNatelson, D.
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-14T18:58:08Z
dc.date.available2013-03-14T18:58:08Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractCurrent noise in nanoscale systems provides additional information beyond the electronic conductance. We report measurements at room temperature of the nonequilibrium ﾓexcessﾔ noise in ensembles of atomic-scale gold junctions repeatedly formed and broken between a tip and a film, as a function of bias conditions. We observe suppression of the noise near conductances associated with conductance quantization in such junctions, as expected from the finite temperature theory of shot noise in the limit of few quantum channels. In higher conductance junctions, the Fano factor of the noise approaches 1/3 the value seen in the low conductance tunneling limit, consistent with theoretical expectations for the approach to the diffusive regime. At conductance values where the shot noise is comparatively suppressed, there is a residual contribution to the noise that scales quadratically with the applied bias, likely due to a flicker noise/conductance fluctuation mechanism.
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dc.identifier.citationChen, Ruoyu, Wheeler, Patrick J. and Natelson, D.. "Excess noise in STM-style break junctions at room temperature." <i>Physical Review B,</i> 85, (2012) American Physical Society: 235455. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.235455.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.235455
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/70634
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
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dc.titleExcess noise in STM-style break junctions at room temperature
dc.typeJournal article
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