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Underscreened Kondo effect in quantum dots coupled to ferromagnetic leads

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2015-05-14 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We analyze the equilibrium transport properties of underscreened Kondo effect in the case of a two-level quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic leads. Using the numerical renormalization group (NRG) method, we have determined the gate voltage dependence of the dot's spin and level-resolved spectral functions. We have shown that the polarization of the dot is very susceptible to spin imbalance in the leads and changes sign in the middle of the S=1 Coulomb valley. Furthermore, we have also found that by fine-tuning an external magnetic field one can compensate for the presence of ferromagnetic leads and restore the Kondo effect in the case of S=1/2S=1/2 Coulomb valley. However, the underscreened Kondo effect cannot be fully recovered due to its extreme sensitivity with respect to the magnetic field.

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@article{arxiv.1001.1506,
  title  = {Underscreened Kondo effect in quantum dots coupled to ferromagnetic leads},
  author = {Ireneusz Weymann and Laszlo Borda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.1506},
  year   = {2015}
}

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7 pages, 6 figures

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