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Transport through a double quantum dot with interdot repulsion

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-13 v2

Abstract

We study transport through a double quantum dot with interdot hopping tt, intradot repulsion UU and interdot repulsion UU^{\prime}, using the numerical renormalization group (NRG) method. At half-filling, the conductances in two-terminal series and four-terminal parallel configuration are calculated via two phase shifts for quasi-particles of double quantum dot connected to two noninteracting leads with hybridization strength Γ\Gamma. For small values of t/Γt/\Gamma and U/UU^{\prime}/U, conductance in the two-terminal series configuration is suppressed to almost zero. In this region, plateau of conductance in the four-terminal parallel configuration appears and almost reaches a unitary limit value 4e2/h4e^{2}/h of two conducting modes. For large values of t/Γt/\Gamma or U/UU^{\prime}/U, both conductances are suppressed to almost zero. The conductance in the two-terminal series configuration almost reaches a unitary limit value 2e2/h2e^{2}/h only around cross-over regions of electron-configuration in double quantum dot. Through the behavior of the local charge and some thermodynamic quantities, we discuss the relation between transport and electron-configuration.

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@article{arxiv.0811.3461,
  title  = {Transport through a double quantum dot with interdot repulsion},
  author = {Yunori Nisikawa and Akira Oguri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.3461},
  year   = {2009}
}

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To be published in "Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter"

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