Nonadiabatic Electron Pumping: Maximal Current with Minimal Noise

Abstract

The noise properties of pump currents through an open double quantum dot setup with non-adiabatic ac driving are investigated. Driving frequencies close to the internal resonances of the double dot-system mark the optimal working points at which the pump current assumes a maximum while its noise power possesses a remarkably low minimum. A rotating-wave approximation provides analytical expressions for the current and its noise power and allows to optimize the noise characteristics. The analytical results are compared to numerical results from a Floquet transport theory.

4 pages, 3 figures, replaced Fig. 1, added new inset in Fig. 2, extended paragraph on symmetry considerations