Dark states in the magnetotransport through triple quantum dots

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Emary, Clive [1 ]
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[1] Tech Univ Berlin, Inst Theoret Phys, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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10.1103/PhysRevB.76.245319
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T [工业技术];
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We consider the transport through a system of three coupled quantum dots in a perpendicular magnetic field. At zero field, destructive interference can trap an electron in a dark state-a coherent superposition of dot states that completely blocks current flow. The magnetic field can disrupt this interference, giving rise to oscillations in the current and its higher-order statistics as the field is increased. These oscillations have a period of either the flux-quantum or half the flux quantum, depending on the dot geometry. We give results for the stationary current, and the shot noise and skewness both at zero and finite frequency.
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