{
  "id": "cond-mat/0301441",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2003-01-23T12:58:59.000Z",
  "updated": "2003-07-02T14:24:19.000Z",
  "title": "Quantum Shuttle in Phase Space",
  "authors": [
    "Tomas Novotny",
    "Andrea Donarini",
    "Antti-Pekka Jauho"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages, 2 figures; minor changes; final version published in Phys. Rev. Lett",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 (25), 256801(2003)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.256801",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We present a quantum theory of the shuttle instability in electronic transport through a nanostructure with a mechanical degree of freedom. A phase space formulation in terms of the Wigner function allows us to identify a cross-over from the tunnelling to the shuttling regime, thus extending the previously found classical results to the quantum domain. Further, a new dynamical regime is discovered, where the shuttling is driven exclusively by the quantum noise.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2003-07-02T14:24:19.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum shuttle",
      "phase space formulation",
      "electronic transport",
      "quantum theory",
      "shuttle instability"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}