{
  "id": "1606.06839",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2016-06-22T07:39:19.000Z",
  "updated": "2016-06-22T07:39:19.000Z",
  "title": "Distribution of Current Fluctuations in a Bistable Conductor",
  "authors": [
    "S. Singh",
    "J. T. Peltonen",
    "I. M. Khaymovich",
    "J. V. Koski",
    "C. Flindt",
    "J. P. Pekola"
  ],
  "comment": "5+4 pages, 4 figures",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We measure the full distribution of current fluctuations in a single-electron transistor with a controllable bistability. The conductance switches randomly between two levels due to the tunneling of single electrons in a separate single-electron box. The electrical fluctuations are detected over a wide range of time scales and excellent agreement with theoretical predictions is found. For long integration times, the distribution of the time-averaged current obeys the large-deviation principle with fluctuations that resemble those of a first-order phase transition. We formulate and verify a fluctuation relation for the bistable region of the current distribution. The findings presented here are important for the understanding of bistabilities which can be found in many physical systems.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2016-06-22T07:39:19.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "current fluctuations",
      "bistable conductor",
      "separate single-electron box",
      "long integration times",
      "first-order phase transition"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}