Kondo-type transport through an interacting quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic leads

Details Kondo-type transport through an interacting quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic leads Kondo-type transport through an interacting quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic leads

2003-02-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0302372v1

Published in J. Phys.: Cond. Matter 15, 8435 (2003)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

8 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/0953-8984/15/49/019

We investigate the equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium Kondo effects in a single-level interacting quantum dot connected to two ferromagnetic leads. Within the non-crossing approximation, we calculate the total density of states (DOS), the linear conductance, and the nonlinear differential conductance for both the parallel and the anti-parallel alignments of the spin polarization orientation in the leads, followed by a brief discussion regarding the validity of this approach. Numerical calculations show that for the anti-parallel alignment, a single Kondo peak always appears in the equilibrium DOS, resulting in the conventional temperature behavior in the linear conductance and the zero-bias maximum in the differential conductance. The strength of the DOS peak is gradually suppressed with increasing polarization, due to the fact that formation of the Kondo-correlated state is more difficult in the presence of higher polarization. On the contrary, for the parallel configuration the Kondo peak in the DOS descends precipitately and splits into two peaks to form a very steep valley between them. This splitting contributes to the appearance of a "hump" in the temperature-dependent linear conductance and a nonzero-bias maximum in the differential conductance. Moreover, application of a bias voltage can split each Kondo peak into two in the nonequilibrium DOS for both configurations. Finally we point out that the tunnel magnetoresistance could be an effective tool to demonstrate the different Kondo effects in different spin configurations found here.

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