Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2008-07-22
Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, Vol.10, No.7 (2008), p.1754
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
proceedings of ESM07
Scientific paper
We analyze the electronic transport through a quantum dot that contains a magnetic impurity. The coherent transport of electrons is governed by the quantum confinement inside the dot, but is also influenced by the exchange interaction with the impurity. The interplay between the two gives raise to the singlet-triplet splitting of the energy levels available for the tunneling electron. In this paper, we focus on the charge fluctuations and, more precisely, the height of the conductance peaks. We show that the conductance peaks corresponding to the triplet levels are three times higher than those corresponding to singlet levels, if electronic correlations are neglected (for non-interacting dots, when an exact solution can be obtained). Next, we consider the Coulomb repulsion and the many-body correlations. In this case, the singlet/triplet peak height ratio has a complex behavior. Usually the highest peak corresponds to the state that is lowest in energy (ground state), regardless if it is singlet or triplet. In the end, we get an insight on the Kondo regime for such a system, and show the formation of three Kondo peaks. We use the equation of motion method with appropriate decoupling.
Aldea Alexandru
Bulka Bogdan. R.
Ţolea Mugurel
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