Waiting time fluctuations in quasi-one-dimensional disordered conductors

Abstract

We consider sample to sample fluctuations of the waiting time between the detection of two consecutive electrons in quasi-one-dimensional disordered conductors at zero temperature. We compute the full distribution of the mean waiting time along the crossover from ballistic to localised transport in the framework of the Dorokhov-Mello-Pereyra-Kumar theory for an arbitrary number of conduction channels. In particular we show that its variance, with respect to disorder, displays universal fluctuations similar to the universal conductance fluctuations in the metallic regime. We then discuss the statistical properties of the jitter associated to quantum fluctuations of the waiting time.

arXiv comment8 pages, 5 figures

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