Transmission through Quantum Dots: Focus on Phase Lapses
Strongly Correlated Electrons
2008-11-26 v7 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract
Measurements of the transmission phase in transport through a quantum dot embedded in an Aharonov-Bohm interferometer show systematic sequences of phase lapses separated by Coulomb peaks. Using a two-level quantum dot as an example we show that this phenomenon can be accounted for by the combined effect of asymmetric dot-lead coupling and interaction-induced "population switching" of the levels, rendering this behavior generic. In addition, we use the notion of spectral shift function to analyze the relationship between transmission phase lapses and the Friedel sum rule.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0601342,
title = {Transmission through Quantum Dots: Focus on Phase Lapses},
author = {D. I. Golosov and Yuval Gefen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0601342},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
7 pages, including 3 figures; an edited and expanded version of the earlier article; misprint corrected