Resonant Tunneling through Linear Arrays of Quantum Dots

Details Resonant Tunneling through Linear Arrays of Quantum Dots Resonant Tunneling through Linear Arrays of Quantum Dots

1998-06-16

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9806192v3

Phys. Rev. B 60, 14 318 (1999)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

12 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.60.14318

We theoretically investigate resonant tunneling through a linear array of quantum dots with subsequent tunnel coupling. We consider two limiting cases: (i) strong Coulomb blockade, where only one extra electron can be present in the array (ii) limit of almost non-interacting electrons. We develop a density matrix description that incorporates the coupling of the dots to reservoirs. We analyze in detail the dependence of the stationary current on the electron energies, tunnel matrix elements and rates, and on the number of dots. We describe interaction and localization effects on the resonant current. We analyze the applicability of the approximation of independent conduction channels. We find that this approximation is not valid when at least one of the tunnel rates to the leads is comparable to the energy splitting of the states in the array. In this case the interference of conduction processes through different channels suppresses the current.

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