Johnson-Nyquist noise derived from quantum mechanical transmission

Rolf Landauer

doi:10.1016/0167-2789(89)90197-8

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

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01 Jan 1989

Johnson-Nyquist noise derived from quantum mechanical transmission

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Abstract

Expressions for the conductance of a sample with elastic scattering, in terms of the transmissive behavior of the sample, have come into widespread use. We show that thermal equilibrium noise currents, calculated within the same framework, obey the Johnson-Nyquist formula. © 1989.

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