Pumping at resonant transmission and transferred charge quantization
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We consider pumping through a small quantum dot separated from the leads by two point contacts, whose conductances, and , serve as pumping parameters. When the dot is pincched, we find that there is a "resonance line" in the parameter plane along which the Fermi energy in the leads aligns with the energy of the quasi-bound state in the quantum dot. When and are modulated periodically and adiabatically such that the pumping contour defined by and encircles the resonance line, the current is quantized: the charge pumped through the dot during each period of the modulation is close to a single electronic charge.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0010494,
title = {Pumping at resonant transmission and transferred charge quantization},
author = {Y. Levinson and O. Entin-Wohlman and P. Wolfle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0010494},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, LaTex