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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 \GamkBTΔ\Gam \ll k_{B} T \ll \Delta, with \Gam\Gam the total decay width into the leads and Δ\Delta the single-particle level spacing of the dot, and their average height is predicted to increase by a factor of 5218π1.2\frac{5\sqrt{2}}{18} \pi \approx 1.2 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