title: Ohmic and step noise from a single trapping center hybridized with a Fermi sea.
abstract: We show that single electron tunneling devices such as the Cooper-pair box or double quantum dot can be sensitive to the zero-point fluctuation of a single trapping center hybridized with a Fermi sea. If the trap energy level is close to the Fermi sea and has linewidth gamma > k(B)T, its noise spectrum has an Ohmic Johnson-Nyquist form, whereas for gamma < k(B)T the noise has a Lorentzian form expected from the semiclassical limit. Trap levels above the Fermi level are shown to lead to steps in the noise spectrum that can be used to probe their energetics, allowing the identification of individual trapping centers coupled to the device.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Pitzer Center for Theoretical Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-1460, USA.
authors.forename: Rogerio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.forename: K Birgitta
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Whaley
authors.forename: Frank K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: von Delft