title: Spin-current shot noise as a probe of interactions in mesoscopic systems.
abstract: It is shown that the spin-resolved current shot noise can probe attractive or repulsive interactions in mesoscopic systems. This is illustrated in two physical situations: (i) a normal-superconducting junction where the spin-current noise is found to be zero, and (ii) a single-electron transistor where the spin-current noise is found to be Poissonian. Repulsive interactions may also lead to weak attractive correlations (bunching of opposite spins) in conditions far from equilibrium. Spin-current shot noise can also be used to measure the spin relaxation time T1, and a setup is proposed in a quantum dot geometry.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Etudes des Propriétés Electroniques des Solides, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, BP 166, 38042 Grenoble 9, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sauret
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Feinberg