Destruction of the interference by external nonclassical microwaves: The effect of quantum and classical noise on the phase factor

Abstract

Electron interference in mesoscopic devices irradiated by external monochromatic nonclassical microwaves is considered. The relative phase factor between two electron paths is a quantum mechanical operator whose expectation value with respect to the density matrix of the nonclassical microwaves is studied. It is shown that, due to both classical and quantum noise in the microwaves, the absolute value of the phase factor is less than $1,$ causing partial destruction of the interference. Separable and entangled two-mode nonclassical microwaves are also considered and their effect on the expectation value of the phase factor is studied.