Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2006-02-24
Nature Physics, vol. 2, p.460 - 464 (2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
21 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1038/nphys340
The Kondo-effect is a many-body phenomenon arising due to conduction electrons scattering off a localized spin. Coherent spin-flip scattering off such a quantum impurity correlates the conduction electrons and at low temperature this leads to a zero-bias conductance anomaly. This has become a common signature in bias-spectroscopy of single-electron transistors, observed in GaAs quantum dots as well as in various single-molecule transistors. While the zero-bias Kondo effect is well established it remains uncertain to what extent Kondo correlations persist in non-equilibrium situations where inelastic processes induce decoherence. Here we report on a pronounced conductance peak observed at finite bias-voltage in a carbon nanotube quantum dot in the spin singlet ground state. We explain this finite-bias conductance anomaly by a nonequilibrium Kondo-effect involving excitations into a spin triplet state. Excellent agreement between calculated and measured nonlinear conductance is obtained, thus strongly supporting the correlated nature of this nonequilibrium resonance.
Marcus Charles M.
Mason Nadya
Nygård Jesper
Paaske Jens
Rosch Achim
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