How to Measure the Transmission Phase via a Quantum Dot in a Two-Terminal Interferometer
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2015-05-18 v1
Abstract
Measurement of the transmission phase through a quantum dot (QD) embedded in an arm of a two-terminal Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interferometer is inhibited by phase symmetry, i.e. the property that the linear response conductance of a two-terminal device is an even function of magnetic field. It is demonstrated that in a setup consisting of an interferometer with a QD in each of its arms, with one of the QDs capacitively coupled to a nearby quantum point contact (QPC), phase symmetry is broken when a finite voltage bias is applied to the QPC. The transmission phase via the uncoupled QD can then be deduced from the amplitude of the odd component of the AB oscillations.
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@article{arxiv.1003.3403,
title = {How to Measure the Transmission Phase via a Quantum Dot in a Two-Terminal Interferometer},
author = {Vadim Puller and Yigal Meir},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.3403},
year = {2015}
}