Statistical Distribution of Coulomb Blockade Peak Heights in Adiabatically Pumped Quantum Dots
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
We study adiabatic quantum pumping in the resonant tunneling regime of a nearly-closed quantum dot, which is coupled to two leads via tunneling barriers. Using small cyclic variations of the tunneling rates of the barriers as the pumping mechanism, a current is obtained which depends sensitively on the system parameters and exhibits peaks due to Coulomb blockade. The distribution of the peak heights is found for temperatures , with the total decay width into the leads and the single-particle level spacing of the dot, and their average height is predicted to increase by a factor of upon breaking time-reversal symmetry. This is the pumping analog of the statistical theory of Coulomb blockade conductance peaks.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0110366,
title = {Statistical Distribution of Coulomb Blockade Peak Heights in Adiabatically Pumped Quantum Dots},
author = {M. Blaauboer and E. J. Heller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0110366},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, 2 figures