Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2007-07-11
Phys. Rev. B 76, 205315 (2007)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
published version: reference added, typos corrected, minor changes in the text
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.76.205315
We report spin-dependent quantum coherent oscillations (ringing) and beats of the total and spin currents flowing through a quantum dot with Zeeman split levels. The spin dependent transport is calculated via nonequilibrium Green function in the transient after a bias voltage is turned on at t=0. The dot is coupled to two electrodes that can be ferromagnetic or nonmagnetic. In the ferromagnetic case both parallel and antiparallel alignments are considered. The coherent oscillation and beat frequencies are controlled via the Zeeman energy E_Z. In particular, for E_Z=0 no beats are observed and the spin current is zero for nonmagnetic leads. In the ferromagnetic case a finite spin current is found for E_Z=0. The effects of temperature are also analyzed. We observe that with increasing temperature the ringing response and the beats tend to disappear. Additionally, the spin current goes to zero for nonmagnetic leads, remaining finite in the ferromagnetic case. The tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) also reveals quantum coherent oscillations and beats, and it attains negative values for small enough temperatures and short times.
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