Mesoscopic Kondo Effect in an Aharonov-Bohm Ring
Abstract
An interacting quantum dot inserted in a mesoscopic ring is investigated. A variational ansatz is employed to describe the ground state of the system in the presence of the Aharonov-Bohm flux. It is shown that, for even number of electrons with the energy level spacing smaller than the Kondo temperature, the persistent current has a value similar to that of a perfect ring with the same radius. On the other hand, for a ring with odd number electrons, the persistent current is found to be strongly suppressed compared to that of an ideal ring, which implies the suppression of the Kondo-resonant transmission. Various aspects of the Kondo-assisted persistent current are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9912399,
title = {Mesoscopic Kondo Effect in an Aharonov-Bohm Ring},
author = {Kicheon Kang and Sung-Chul Shin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9912399},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages Revtex, 4 Postscript figures, final version to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, No.26 (Dec. 25, 2000)