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Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Apr 21;96(15):156802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.156802. Epub 2006 Apr 17.

Multipeak Kondo effect in one- and two-electron quantum dots.

Physical review letters

A Vidan, M Stopa, R M Westervelt, M Hanson, A C Gossard

Affiliations

  1. Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.

PMID: 16712183 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.156802

Abstract

We have fabricated a few-electron quantum dot that can be tuned down to zero electrons while maintaining strong coupling to the leads. Using a nearby quantum point contact as a charge sensor, we can determine the absolute number of electrons in the quantum dot. We find several sharp peaks in the differential conductance, occurring at both zero and finite source-drain bias, for the one- and two-electron quantum dot. We attribute the peaks at finite bias to a Kondo effect through excited states of the quantum dot and investigate the magnetic field dependence of these Kondo resonances.

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