Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
1997-07-30
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
10 pages of LaTeX plus 5 separate ps/eps figures. Submitted to Nature
Scientific paper
10.1038/34373
The question of how localized electrons interact with delocalized electrons is central to many problems at the forefront of solid state physics. The simplest example is the Kondo phenomenon, which occurs when an impurity atom with an unpaired electron is placed in a metal, and the energy of the unpaired electron is far below the Fermi energy. At low temperatures a spin singlet state is formed between the unpaired localized electron and delocalized electrons at the Fermi energy. The confined droplet of electrons interacting with the leads of a single electron transistor (SET) is closely analogous to an impurity atom interacting with the delocalized electrons in a metal. (Meir, Wingreen and Lee, 1993) We report here measurements on a new generation of SETs that display all the aspects of the Kondo phenomenon: the spin singlet forms and causes an enhancement of the zero-bias conductance when the number of electrons on the artificial atom is odd but not when it is even. The singlet is altered by applying a voltage or magnetic field or by increasing the temperature, all in ways that agree with predictions. (Wingreen and Meir 1994)
Abusch-Magder David
Goldhaber-Gordon David
Kastner Marc A.
Mahalu Diana
Meirav U.
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