Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2009-10-27
Phys. Rev. B 81, 075126 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
20 pages, 19 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.81.075126
We consider a ring of three quantum dots mutually coupled by antiferromagnetic exchange interactions, and tunnel-coupled to two metallic leads: the simplest device in which the consequences of local frustration arising from internal degrees of freedom may be studied within a 2-channel environment. Two-channel Kondo (2CK) physics is found to predominate at low-energies in the mirror-symmetric systems considered, with a residual spin 1/2 overscreened by coupling to both leads. It is however shown that two distinct 2CK phases, with different ground state parities, arise on tuning the interdot exchange couplings. In consequence a frustration-induced quantum phase transition occurs, the 2CK phases being separated by a quantum critical point for which an effective low-energy model is derived. Precisely at the transition, parity mixing of the quasi-degenerate local trimer states acts to destabilise the 2CK fixed points; and the critical fixed point is shown to consist of a free pseudospin together with effective 1-channel spin quenching, itself reflecting underlying channel-anisotropy in the inherently 2-channel system. Numerical renormalization group techniques and physical arguments are used to obtain a detailed understanding of the problem, including study of both thermodynamic and dynamical properties of the system.
Logan David E.
Mitchell Andrew K.
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