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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, G1G_{1} and G2G_{2}, serve as pumping parameters. When the dot is pincched, we find that there is a "resonance line" in the parameter plane {G1,G2}\{G_{1}, G_{2}\} along which the Fermi energy in the leads aligns with the energy of the quasi-bound state in the quantum dot. When G1G_{1} and G2G_{2} are modulated periodically and adiabatically such that the pumping contour defined by G1=G1(t)G_{1}=G_{1}(t) and G2=G2(t) G_{2}=G_{2}(t) 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.

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@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}
}

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