Statistical theory of Coulomb blockade oscillations: Quantum chaos in quantum dots

Rodolfo A. Jalabert, A. Douglas Stone, and Y. Alhassid
Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 3468 – Published 8 June 1992
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Abstract

We develop a statistical theory of the amplitude of Coulomb blockade oscillations in semiconductor quantum dots based on the hypothesis that chaotic dynamics in the dot potential leads to behavior described by random-matrix theory. Breaking time-reversal symmetry is predicted to cause an experimentally observable change in the distribution of amplitudes. The theory is tested numerically and good agreement is found.

  • Received 31 January 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.3468

©1992 American Physical Society

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Rodolfo A. Jalabert, A. Douglas Stone, and Y. Alhassid

  • Center for Theoretical Physics, Sloane Physics Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511

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Vol. 68, Iss. 23 — 8 June 1992

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