Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2010-12-19
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
We present studies of the Coulomb blockade and Kondo regimes of transport through a quantum dot connected to current leads through spin-polarizing quantum point contacts (QPCs). This structure, arising from the effect of lateral spin-orbit fields defining the QPCs, results in spin-polarized currents even in the absence of external magnetic fields and greatly affects the correlations in the dot. Using equation-of-motion and numerical renormalization group calculations we obtain the conductance and spin polarization for this system under different parameter regimes. We find that the system exhibits spin-polarized conductance in both the Coulomb blockade and Kondo regimes, all in the absence of applied magnetic fields. We analyze the role that the spin-dependent tunneling amplitudes of the QPC play in determining the charge and net magnetic moment in the dot. These effects, controllable by lateral gate voltages, may provide an alternative approach for exploring Kondo correlations, as well as possible spin devices
Ngo Anh T.
Ulloa Sergio E.
Vernek Edson
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