Zero-Bias Anomalies and Boson-Assisted Tunneling Through Quantum Dots

Jürgen König, Herbert Schoeller, and Gerd Schön
Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 1715 – Published 4 March 1996
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Abstract

We study resonant tunneling through a quantum dot with one degenerate level in the presence of strong Coulomb repulsion and a bosonic environment. Using a real-time diagrammatic formulation we calculate the spectral density and the nonlinear current. The former shows a multiplet of Kondo peaks split by the transport voltage and boson frequencies. This leads to zero-bias anomalies in the differential conductance, which shows a local maximum or minimum depending on the level position. We compare with recent experiments.

  • Received 13 June 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.1715

©1996 American Physical Society

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Jürgen König1, Herbert Schoeller1,2, and Gerd Schön1

  • 1Institut für Theoretische Festkörperphysik, Universität Karlsruhe, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 2Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., V5A 1S6, Canada

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Vol. 76, Iss. 10 — 4 March 1996

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