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Universal lineshape of the Kondo zero-bias anomaly in a quantum dot

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2012-10-11 v1

Abstract

Encouraged by the recent real-time renormalization group results we carried out a detailed analysis of the nonequilibrium Kondo conductance observed in an InAs nanowire-based quantum dot and found them to be in excellent agreement. We show that in a wide range of bias the Kondo conductance zero-bias anomaly is scaled by the Kondo temperature to a universal lineshape predicted by the numerical study. The lineshape can be approximated by a phenomenological expression of a single argument eVsd=kBTKeV_{sd}=k_{\rm B}T_{\rm K}. The knowledge of an analytical expression for the lineshape provides an alternative way for estimation of the Kondo temperature in a real experiment, with no need for time consuming temperature dependence measurements of the linear conductance.

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@article{arxiv.1201.6470,
  title  = {Universal lineshape of the Kondo zero-bias anomaly in a quantum dot},
  author = {Andrey V. Kretinin and Hadas Shtrikman and Diana Mahalu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.6470},
  year   = {2012}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures