COLLECTIVE COULOMB-BLOCKADE IN AN ARRAY OF QUANTUM DOTS - A MOTT-HUBBARD APPROACH

被引:215
作者
STAFFORD, CA
DASSARMA, S
机构
[1] Center for Superconductivity Research, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.3590
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We investigate the electron addition spectrum in a class of Hubbard-like models which describe arrays of coupled quantum dots. Interdot tunneling leads to a sequence of two phase transitions separating a region of collective Coulomb blockade from a region where the Coulomb blockade of individual dots is maintained and a region where the Coulomb blockade is destroyed altogether. Observable experimental consequences of our theory are discussed.
引用
收藏
页码:3590 / 3593
页数:4
相关论文
共 19 条
  • [1] NEW APPROACH TO THE THEORY OF SUPEREXCHANGE INTERACTIONS
    ANDERSON, PW
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW, 1959, 115 (01): : 2 - 13
  • [2] [Anonymous], 1990, METAL INSULATOR TRAN
  • [3] N-ELECTRON GROUND-STATE ENERGIES OF A QUANTUM-DOT IN MAGNETIC-FIELD
    ASHOORI, RC
    STORMER, HL
    WEINER, JS
    PFEIFFER, LN
    BALDWIN, KW
    WEST, KW
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1993, 71 (04) : 613 - 616
  • [4] SINGLE-ELECTRON CAPACITANCE SPECTROSCOPY OF DISCRETE QUANTUM LEVELS
    ASHOORI, RC
    STORMER, HL
    WEINER, JS
    PFEIFFER, LN
    PEARTON, SJ
    BALDWIN, KW
    WEST, KW
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1992, 68 (20) : 3088 - 3091
  • [5] Averin D. V., 1991, MESOSCOPIC PHENOMENA
  • [6] RENORMALIZED PSEUDOPARTICLE DESCRIPTION OF THE ONE-DIMENSIONAL HUBBARD-MODEL THERMODYNAMICS
    CARMELO, J
    HORSCH, P
    BARES, PA
    OVCHINNIKOV, AA
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1991, 44 (18): : 9967 - 9980
  • [7] COULOMB COUPLING IN ARRAYS OF ELECTRON DISKS
    DAHL, C
    KOTTHAUS, JP
    NICKEL, H
    SCHLAPP, W
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1992, 46 (23): : 15590 - 15593
  • [8] CRITICAL EXPONENTS FOR THE ONE-DIMENSIONAL HUBBARD-MODEL
    FRAHM, H
    KOREPIN, VE
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1990, 42 (16): : 10553 - 10565
  • [9] CORRELATION-FUNCTIONS OF THE ONE-DIMENSIONAL HUBBARD-MODEL IN A MAGNETIC-FIELD
    FRAHM, H
    KOREPIN, VE
    [J]. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1991, 43 (07): : 5653 - 5662
  • [10] ELECTRON-TRANSPORT THROUGH ONE QUANTUM DOT AND THROUGH A STRING OF QUANTUM DOTS
    HAUG, RJ
    HONG, JM
    LEE, KY
    [J]. SURFACE SCIENCE, 1992, 263 (1-3) : 415 - 418