title: Quantum partition noise of photon-created electron-hole pairs.
abstract: We show experimentally that even when no bias voltage is applied to a quantum conductor, the electronic quantum partition noise can be investigated with GHz radio frequency excitation. Using a quantum point contact configuration as the ballistic conductor we are able to make an accurate determination of the partition noise Fano factor resulting from the photon-assisted shot noise. Applying both voltage bias and rf irradiation we are able to make a definitive quantitative test of the scattering theory of photon-assisted shot noise.
authors.affiliation: Service de Physique de l'Etat Condensé, CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France.
authors.forename: L-H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Reydellet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Glattli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Etienne
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin