Shot Noise Suppression at 2D Hopping

Abstract

We have used Monte Carlo simulation to calculate the shot noise intensity $S_I(\omega)$ at 2D hopping using two models: a slanted lattice of localized sites with equal energies and a set of localized sites with random positions and energies. For wide samples we have found a similar dependence of the Fano factor $F \equiv S_I(0)/2eI$ on the sample length $L$: $F \propto L^{-\alpha}$ where $\alpha =0.85 \pm 0.02$ and $\alpha = 0.85\pm 0.07$ in uniform and random models, respectively. Moreover, at least for the uniform model, all the data for $F$ as the function of sample length $L$ and width $W$ may be presented via a single function of the ratio $W/L^{\beta}$, with $\beta = 2\alpha-1 \approx 0.7$. This relation has been interpreted using a simple scaling theory.