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The Ohmic conductance and current through two quantum dots in series is investigated for the case of incoherent tunnelling. A generalised master equation is employed to include the discrete nature of the energy levels. Regions of negative…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 P. Pals , A. MacKinnon

The co-tunneling current through a two-level doubly occupied quantum dot weakly coupled to ferromagnetic leads is calculated in the Coulomb blockade regime. It is shown that the dependence of the differrential conductance on applied voltage…

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We present a theory of non-equilibrium superconducting proximity effect in an interacting quantum dot induced by a time-dependent tunnel coupling between dot and a superconducting lead. The proximity effect, that is established when the…

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The physical mechanism of superconductivity is proposed on the basis of carrier-induced dynamic strain effect. By this new model, superconducting state consists of the dynamic bound state of superconducting electrons, which is formed by the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-12-07 Xue-Shu Zhao , Yu-Ru Ge , Xin Zhao , Hong Zhao

Studying quantum properties in solid-state systems is a significant avenue for research. In this scenario, double quantum dots (DQDs) appear as a versatile platform for technological breakthroughs in quantum computation and nanotechnology.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-07 Zakaria Dahbi , Maron F. Anka , Mostafa Mansour , Moises Rojas , Clebson Cruz

Quantum transport properties through some multilevel quantum dots sandwiched between two metallic contacts are investigated by the use of Green's function technique. Here we do parametric calculations, based on the tight-binding model, to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Santanu K. Maiti

We theoretically analyze phonon-assisted tunneling transport in a quantum dot side connected to a Majorana bound state in a topological superconducting nanowire. We investigate the behavior of the current through the dot, for a range of…

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We investigate the Fourier transform of the current through a memristor when the applied-voltage frequency is smaller than the characteristic memristor frequency, and the memristor shows hysteresis in the current-voltage plane. We find that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-01-08 Yogesh N. Joglekar , Natalia Meijome

We review mechanisms of low-temperature electronic transport through a quantum dot weakly coupled to two conducting leads. Transport in this case is dominated by electron-electron interaction. At temperatures moderately lower than the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Pustilnik , L. I. Glazman

Recent measurements of QCD interactions involving large momentum transfers are reviewed. The status of measurements of the strong coupling constant is summarised. Recent developments in the measurement and interpretation of deep inelastic…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-25 K. Long

Manifestations of quantum coherence in the electronic conductance through nearly closed quantum dots in the Coulomb blockade regime are addressed. We show that quantum coherent tunneling processes explain some puzzling statistical features…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-26 L. E. F. Foa Torres , C. H. Lewenkopf , H. M. Pastawski

We derive an accurate molecular orbital based expression for the coherent time evolution of a two-electron wave function in a quantum dot molecule where the electrons interact with each other, with external time dependent electromagnetic…

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Strong electron and spin correlations in a double-quantum-dot (DQD) can give rise to different quantum states. We observe a continuous transition from a Kondo state exhibiting a single-peak Kondo resonance to another exhibiting a double…

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We report a numerical study of transport properties of a quantum dot with superconducting leads. We introduce a general phenomenological model of quantum dot transport, in which electron tunnel rates are computed within the Fermi's Golden…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 C. B. Whan , T. P. Orlando

Quantum dots are artificial atoms used for a multitude of purposes. Charge defects are commonly present and can significantly perturb the designed energy spectrum and purpose of the dots. Voltage controlled exchange energy in silicon double…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-03-21 Rajib Rahman , Erik Nielsen , Richard P. Muller , Malcolm S. Carroll

We observe individual tunnel events of a single electron between a quantum dot and a reservoir, using a nearby quantum point contact (QPC) as a charge meter. The QPC is capacitively coupled to the dot, and the QPC conductance changes by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. M. K. Vandersypen , J. M. Elzerman , R. N. Schouten , L. H. Willems van Beveren , R. Hanson , L. P. Kouwenhoven

The puzzling behavior of the transition phase through a quantum dot can be understood in a natural way via a formation of the electron molecule in the quantum dot. In this case the resonance tunneling takes place through the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. A. Gurvitz

Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanostructures in which a three dimensional potential trap produces an electronic quantum confinement, thus mimicking the behaviour of single atomic dipole-like transitions. However unlike atoms, QDs can…