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The phase diagram of the two-channel Kondo lattice model is examined with a Quantum Monte Carlo simulation in the limit of infinite dimensions. Commensurate (and incommensurate) antiferromagnetic and superconducting states are found. The…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Mark Jarrell , Hanbin Pang , D. L. Cox

We show that coupling among multiple resonances can be conveniently introduced and controlled by boundary wave scattering. We demonstrate this principle in optical microcavities of quasi-circular shape, where the couplings of multiple modes…

This is a popular review of some recent investigations of the Kondo effect in a variety of mesoscopic systems. After a brief introduction, experiments are described where a scanning tunneling microscope measures the surroundings of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Leo Kouwenhoven , Leonid Glazman

We discuss coexistence of Kondo and spin excitation signals in tunneling spectroscopy in strongly correlated polyradical $\pi$-magnetic nanographenes on a metal surface. The Kondo signal is rationalized by a multi-orbital Kondo screening of…

Some of the most intriguing problems in solid state physics arise when the motion of one electron dramatically affects the motion of surrounding electrons. Traditionally, such highly-correlated electron systems have been studied mainly in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. M. Potok , I. G. Rau , Hadas Shtrikman , Yuval Oreg , D. Goldhaber-Gordon

Electron tunneling through a double quantum dot molecule side attached to a quantum wire, in the Kondo regime, is studied. The mean-field finite-U slave-boson formalism is used to obtain the solution of the problem. We found conductance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Gustavo A. Lara , Pedro A. Orellana , J. Yanez , Enrique V. Anda

We show how the charge input signal applied to the gate electrode in a double and triple quantum dot may be converted to a pulse in the Kondo cotunneling current being a spin response of a nano-device under a strong Coulomb blockade. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 M. N. Kiselev , K. Kikoin , J. Richert

Multiple conduction channels interacting with a quantum impurity -- a spin in the conventional ``multi-channel Kondo effect'' or a topological mesoscopic device (``topological Kondo effect'') -- has been proposed as a platform to realize…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-05-12 Guangjie Li , Elio J. König , Jukka I. Väyrynen

The tunneling conductance is calculated as a function of the gate voltage in wide temperature range for the single quantum dot systems with Coulomb interaction. We assume that two orbitals are active for the tunneling process. We show that…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 Wataru Izumida , Osamu Sakai , Yukihiro Shimizu

We study resonant tunneling through quantum-dot systems in the presence of strong Coulomb repulsion and coupling to the metallic leads. Motivated by recent experiments we concentrate on (i) a single dot with two energy levels and (ii) a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 T. Pohjola , J. König , M. M. Salomaa , J. Schmid , H. Schoeller , Gerd Schön

We consider the situation when the signal propagating through each arm of an interferometer has a complicated multi-mode structure. We find the relation between the particle-entanglement and the possibility to surpass the shot-noise limit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-20 J. Chwedenczuk

We study the Kondo effect in two crossed Luttinger liquids, using Boundary Conformal Field Theory. We predict two types of critical behaviors: either a two-channel Kondo fixed point with a nonuniversal Wilson ratio, or a new theory with an…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 Karyn Le Hur

Considerable efforts have been made in recent years to theoretically understand quantum phase transitions in Kondo lattice systems. A particular focus is on Kondo destruction, which leads to quantum criticality that goes beyond the Landau…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-08-14 Qimiao Si , J. H. Pixley , Emilian Nica , Seiji J. Yamamoto , Pallab Goswami , Rong Yu , Stefan Kirchner

When individual quantum spins are placed in close proximity to conducting substrates, the localized spin is coupled to the nearby itinerant conduction electrons via Kondo exchange. In the strong coupling limit this can result in the Kondo…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-04 F. Delgado , C. F. Hirjibehedin , J. Fernandez-Rossier

We show that placing a quantum system in contact with an environment can enhance non-Fermi-liquid correlations, rather than destroy quantum effects as is typical. The system consists of two quantum dots in series with two leads; the highly…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-02-09 Gu Zhang , Eduardo Novais , Harold U. Baranger

We report a strong Kondo effect (Kondo temperature ~ 4K) at high magnetic field in a selective area growth semiconductor quantum dot. The Kondo effect is ascribed to a singlet-triplet transition in the ground state of the dot. At the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 W. G. van der Wiel , S. De Franceschi , J. M. Elzerman , S. Tarucha , L. P. Kouwenhoven , J. Motohisa , F. Nakajima , T. Fukui

Cathodoluminescence spectroscopy has recently emerged as a novel platform for nanoscale control of nonclassical features of light. Here, we propose a theoretical model for cathodoluminescence from a multi-level quantum emitter. Employing a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-03 H. B. Crispin , N. Talebi

Interference effects in finite sections of one-dimensional moir\'e crystals are investigated using a Landauer-B\"uttiker formalism within the tight-binding approximation. We explain interlayer transport in double-wall carbon nanotubes and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-03 Nils Wittemeier , Matthieu J. Verstraete , Pablo Ordejón , Zeila Zanolli

Electron tunneling through a system formed by two coupled quantum dots in a parallel geometry is considered within a generalized Anderson model. The dots are assumed to have nearly equal radii but different (and tunable) gate voltages. In…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 Yshai Avishai , Konstantin Kikoin

Spontaneous emission of quantum emitters can be modified by engineering their optical environment. This allows a resonant nanoantenna to significantly modify the radiative properties of a quantum emitter. In this article, we go beyond the…