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Dynamic response of a spin-1/2 Kondo singlet

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2015-06-15 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We present a study of spin 1/2 Kondo singlets in single electron transistors under a microwave frequency bias excitation. We compare time-averaged conductance GG to predicted universal response with respect to microwave frequency, oscillation amplitude and the Kondo temperature and find a non-adiabatic response when the microwave photon energy hfhf is comparable to the Kondo temperature kBTKk_B T_K. We show that our measurements are qualitatively consistent with the predictions for the radiation-induced decoherence rate of the Kondo spin.

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@article{arxiv.1304.0037,
  title  = {Dynamic response of a spin-1/2 Kondo singlet},
  author = {Bryan Hemingway and Stephen Herbert and Michael Melloch and Andrei Kogan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.0037},
  year   = {2015}
}