Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2001-10-18
Phys. Rev. B 64, 241301 (2001)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
4 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.64.241301
We study adiabatic quantum pumping in the resonant tunneling regime of a nearly-closed quantum dot, which is coupled to two leads via tunneling barriers. Using small cyclic variations of the tunneling rates of the barriers as the pumping mechanism, a current is obtained which depends sensitively on the system parameters and exhibits peaks due to Coulomb blockade. The distribution of the peak heights is found for temperatures $\Gam \ll k_{B} T \ll \Delta$, with $\Gam$ the total decay width into the leads and $\Delta$ the single-particle level spacing of the dot, and their average height is predicted to increase by a factor of $\frac{5\sqrt{2}}{18} \pi \approx 1.2$ upon breaking time-reversal symmetry. This is the pumping analog of the statistical theory of Coulomb blockade conductance peaks.
Blaauboer Miriam
Heller Eric J.
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