SU(4) Kondo rffect in carbon nanotubes

Mahn-Soo Choi; Rosa López; Ramón Aguado

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.067204

SU(4) Kondo rffect in carbon nanotubes

Mahn-Soo Choi, Rosa López, Ramón Aguado

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Abstract

We investigate theoretically the nonequilibrium transport properties of carbon nanotube quantum dots. Owing to the two-dimensional band structure of graphene, a double orbital degeneracy plays the role of a pseudospin, which is entangled with the spin. Quantum fluctuations between these 4 degrees of freedom result in an SU(4) Kondo effect at low temperatures. This exotic Kondo effect manifests as a four-peak splitting in the nonlinear conductance when an axial magnetic field is applied.

Original language	English
Article number	067204
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	95
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.067204
Publication status	Published - 2005 Aug 5

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Choi, M-S., López, R., & Aguado, R. (2005). SU(4) Kondo rffect in carbon nanotubes. Physical Review Letters, 95(6), [067204]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.067204

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