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Jahn-Teller / Kondo Interplay in a Three-Terminal Quantum Dot

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-05-23 v3

Abstract

In quantum dot circuits, screening electron clouds in strongly-coupled leads will hybridize with the states of the artificial atom. Using a three-terminal geometry, we directly probe the atomic structure of a quantum dot with Kondo coupling. Our measurements reveal that this hybrid system behaves as a non-linear entity with orbital degeneracy. Geometric distortion reduces the symmetry, lowers the energy, and lifts the degeneracy--the Jahn-Teller effect.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0512235,
  title  = {Jahn-Teller / Kondo Interplay in a Three-Terminal Quantum Dot},
  author = {Ryan C. Toonen and Hua Qin and Andreas K. Huettel and Srijit Goswami and Daniel W. van der Weide and Karl Eberl and Robert H. Blick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0512235},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures

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