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Chirality in Coulomb-blockaded quantum dots

Publication date2005
Abstract

We investigate the two-terminal nonlinear conductance of a Coulomb-blockaded quantum dot attached to chiral edge states. Reversal of the applied magnetic field inverts the system chirality and leads to a different polarization charge. As a result, the current--voltage characteristic is not an even function of the magnetic field. We show that the corresponding magnetic-field asymmetry arises from single-charge effects and vanishes in the limit of high temperature.

Keywords
  • Quantum dots
  • IV characteristic
  • Magnetic field effects
  • Coulomb blockade
  • Non linear effect
  • Electrical conductivity
  • Chirality
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SANCHEZ, David A., BUTTIKER, Markus. Chirality in Coulomb-blockaded quantum dots. In: Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics, 2005, vol. 72, p. 201308. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.201308
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