On low frequency and 1/f noise from diffusion like processes

The noise spectrum resulting from diffusion like processes is calculated in two and three dimensions for two different forms of free energy fluctuation. For example it is shown that in a three dimensional system with ideal non-interacting particles the noise is almost white up to a certain frequency. In a two dimensional system where the free energy fluctuations are proportional to the gradient of a parameter modulating the electrical conductivity a 1/f noise power spectrum is expected in a certain frequency interval.