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Signatures of quantum phase transitions in parallel quantum dots: Crossover from local moment to underscreened spin-1 Kondo physics

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Autor(es):
Wong, Arturo ; Lane, W. Brian ; Dias da Silva, Luis G. G. V. ; Ingersent, Kevin ; Sandler, Nancy ; Ulloa, Sergio E.
Número total de Autores: 6
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: PHYSICAL REVIEW B; v. 85, n. 11, p. 6-pg., 2012-03-22.
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We study a strongly interacting "quantum dot 1" and a weakly interacting "dot 2" connected in parallel to metallic leads. Gate voltages can drive the system between Kondo-quenched and non-Kondo free-moment phases separated by Kosterlitz-Thouless quantum phase transitions. Away from the immediate vicinity of the quantum phase transitions, the physical properties retain signatures of first-order transitions found previously to arise when dot 2 is strictly noninteracting. As interactions in dot 2 become stronger relative to the dot-lead coupling, the free moment in the non-Kondo phase evolves smoothly from an isolated spin-one-half in dot 1 to a many-body doublet arising from the incomplete Kondo compensation by the leads of a combined dot spin-one. These limits, which feature very different spin correlations between dot and lead electrons, can be distinguished by weak-bias conductance measurements performed at finite temperatures. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 10/20804-9 - Estudos computacionais de correlação eletrônica e dinâmica dependente do tempo em nanoestruturas
Beneficiário:Luis Gregório Godoy de Vasconcellos Dias da Silva
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular