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Dark states in the magnetotransport through triple quantum dots

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

We consider the transport through a system of three coupled quantum dots in a perpendicular magnetic field. At zero field, destructive interference can trap an electron in a dark state -- a coherent superposition of dot states that completely blocks current flow. The magnetic field can disrupt this interference giving rise to oscillations in the current and its higher-order statistics as the field is increased. These oscillations have a period of either the flux-quantum or half the flux-quantum, depending on the dot geometry. We give results for the stationary current and for the shotnoise and skewness at zero and finite frequency.

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@article{arxiv.0705.2934,
  title  = {Dark states in the magnetotransport through triple quantum dots},
  author = {Clive Emary},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.2934},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, 7 figures