{
  "id": "1808.10204",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2018-08-30T10:04:40.000Z",
  "updated": "2018-08-30T10:04:40.000Z",
  "title": "Time-Domain Spectroscopy of Mesoscopic Conductors Using Voltage Pulses",
  "authors": [
    "Pablo Burset",
    "Janne Kotilahti",
    "Michael Moskalets",
    "Christian Flindt"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages, 3 figures",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "The development of single-electron sources has paved the way for a novel type of experiments in which individual electrons are emitted into a quantum-coherent circuit. In one approach, single-electron excitations are generated by applying Lorentzian-shaped voltage pulses to a contact. Here, we propose to use such voltage pulses for electronic spectroscopy of mesoscopic devices. Specifically, we show how characteristic timescales of a quantum-coherent conductor can be extracted from the distribution of waiting times between charge pulses propagating through a mesoscopic circuit. To illustrate our idea, we employ Floquet scattering theory to evaluate the electron waiting times for an electronic Fabry-P\\'erot cavity and a Mach-Zehnder interferometer. We discuss the perspectives for an experimental realization of our proposal and identify possible avenues for further developments.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2018-08-30T10:04:40.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "mesoscopic conductors",
      "time-domain spectroscopy",
      "waiting times",
      "employ floquet scattering theory",
      "electronic fabry-perot cavity"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}