Finite-bias conductance anomalies at a singlet-triplet crossing
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Finite-bias conductance anomalies at a singlet-triplet crossing. / Stevanato, Chiara; Leijnse, Martin Christian; Flensberg, Karsten; Paaske, Jens.
In: Physical Review B Condensed Matter, Vol. 86, No. 16, 165427, 16.10.2012.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Finite-bias conductance anomalies at a singlet-triplet crossing
AU - Stevanato, Chiara
AU - Leijnse, Martin Christian
AU - Flensberg, Karsten
AU - Paaske, Jens
N1 - [QDev]
PY - 2012/10/16
Y1 - 2012/10/16
N2 - Quantum dots and single-molecule transistors may exhibit level crossings induced by tuning external parameters such as magnetic eld or gate voltage. For Coulomb blockaded devices, this shows up as an inelastic cotunneling threshold in the dierential conductance, which can be tuned to zero at the crossing. Here we show that, in addition, level crossings can give rise to a nearly verticalstep-edge, ridge or even a Fano-like ridge-valley feature in the dierential conductance inside the relevant Coulomb diamond. We study a gate-tunable quasidegeneracy between singlet and triplet ground states, and demonstrate how these dierent shapes may result from a competition between nonequilibrium occupations and weak (spin-orbit) mixing of the states. Our results are shown to be in qualitative agreement with recent transport measurements on a Mn complex [E. A. Osorio et al., Nano Lett 10, 105 (2010)]. The eect remains entirely general and should be observable in a wide range of Coulomb blockaded devices.
AB - Quantum dots and single-molecule transistors may exhibit level crossings induced by tuning external parameters such as magnetic eld or gate voltage. For Coulomb blockaded devices, this shows up as an inelastic cotunneling threshold in the dierential conductance, which can be tuned to zero at the crossing. Here we show that, in addition, level crossings can give rise to a nearly verticalstep-edge, ridge or even a Fano-like ridge-valley feature in the dierential conductance inside the relevant Coulomb diamond. We study a gate-tunable quasidegeneracy between singlet and triplet ground states, and demonstrate how these dierent shapes may result from a competition between nonequilibrium occupations and weak (spin-orbit) mixing of the states. Our results are shown to be in qualitative agreement with recent transport measurements on a Mn complex [E. A. Osorio et al., Nano Lett 10, 105 (2010)]. The eect remains entirely general and should be observable in a wide range of Coulomb blockaded devices.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.165427
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.165427
M3 - Journal article
VL - 86
JO - Physical Review B
JF - Physical Review B
SN - 2469-9950
IS - 16
M1 - 165427
ER -
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