Pumping at resonant transmission and transferred charge quantization

Y. Levinson; O. Entin-Wohlman; P. Wölfle

doi:10.1016/S0378-4371(01)00451-4

Pumping at resonant transmission and transferred charge quantization

Y. Levinson, O. Entin-Wohlman, P. Wölfle

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We consider pumping through a small quantum dot separated from the leads by two point contacts, whose conductances, G₁ and G₂, serve as pumping parameters. When the dot is pinched, i.e., G₁, G₂ ≪ e²/h, we find that there is a "resonance line" in the parameter plane {G₁, G₂} along which the Fermi energy in the leads aligns with the energy of the quasi-bound state in the quantum dot. When G₁ and G₂ are modulated periodically and adiabatically such that the pumping contour defined by G₁ = G₁(t) and G₂ = G₂(t) encircles the resonance line, the current is quantized: the charge pumped through the dot during each period of the modulation is close to a single electronic charge.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	335-344
Number of pages	10
Journal	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume	302
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4371(01)00451-4
State	Published - 15 Dec 2001
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Workshop on Frontiers in the Physics of Complex Systems - Ramat-Gan, Israel Duration: 25 Mar 2001 → 28 Mar 2001

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