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Conductance plateau in quantum spin transport through an interacting quantum dot

Y. J. Bao et al 2008 EPL 83 37007 (5pp)   doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/83/37007  Help

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Y. J. Bao1, N. H. Tong2, Q. F. Sun3 and S. Q. Shen1
1 Department of Physics, and Center of Theoretical and Computational Physics, The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
2 Department of Physics, Renmin University of China - Beijing 100872, China
3 Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100080, China
E-mail: yjbao@hkusua.hku.hk

Abstract. Quantum spin transport is studied in an interacting quantum dot. It is found that a conductance "plateau" emerges in the non-linear charge conductance by a spin bias in the Kondo regime. The conductance plateau, as a complementary to the Kondo peak, originates from the strong electron correlation and exchange processes in the quantum dot, and can be regarded as one of the characteristics in quantum spin transport.

PACS numbers: 72.25.-b, 73.21.La, 72.15.Qm

Print publication: Issue 3 (August 2008)
Received 24 January 2008, accepted for publication 19 June 2008
Published 22 July 2008

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