Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2004-01-29
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
PRB revtex, 42 pages, 25 figures
Scientific paper
We consider the physics of transport through quantum dots in the presence of two tunneling paths. The first path sees electrons hopping on and off the dot while the second path is modeled through a potential scattering-like term. To study the effects of potential scattering, we employ a modified version of the Anderson model. Such a model can be exactly solved through the Bethe ansatz, thus allowing a comprehensive and exact analysis of the zero temperature linear response conductance. We find transport properties to be extremely sensitive to the introduction of a potential scattering term. Indeed the presence of such a scattering term, inter alia, induces a series of first order quantum phase transitions. Focusing on the Kondo regime of the quantum dot, the non-perturbative effect of potential-like scattering can be directly tied to both the breaking of particle-hole symmetry and the interlinking of charge and spin degrees of freedom in the Anderson model. The sensitivity to potential scattering is also reflected in a set of complementary exact diagonalization computations. The consequences of this analysis extends to observations in general of Fano resonances in quantum dots as well as to the physics of transport through quantum dots embedded in Aharonov-Bohm rings.
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