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Universal Electric Current Of Interacting Resonant-Level Models With Asymmetric Interactions: An Extension Of The Landauer Formula, Akinori Nishino, Naomichi Hatano, Gonzalo Ordonez
Universal Electric Current Of Interacting Resonant-Level Models With Asymmetric Interactions: An Extension Of The Landauer Formula, Akinori Nishino, Naomichi Hatano, Gonzalo Ordonez
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We study the electron transport in open quantum-dot systems described by the interacting resonant-level models with Coulomb interactions. We consider the situation in which the quantum dot is connected to the left and right leads asymmetrically. We exactly construct many-electron scattering eigenstates for the two-lead system, where two-body bound states appear as a consequence of one-body resonances and the Coulomb interactions. By using an extension of the Landauer formula, we calculate the average electric current for the system under bias voltages in the first order of the interaction parameters. Through a renormalization-group technique, we arrive at the universal electric current, …
Electron Trapping In A One-Dimensional Semiconductor Quantum Wire With Multiple Impurities, S. Tanaka, S. Garmon, Gonzalo Ordonez, T. Petrosky
Electron Trapping In A One-Dimensional Semiconductor Quantum Wire With Multiple Impurities, S. Tanaka, S. Garmon, Gonzalo Ordonez, T. Petrosky
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We demonstrate the trapping of a conduction electron between two identical adatom impurities in a one-dimensional semiconductor quantum-dot array system (quantum wire). Bound steady states arise even when the energy of the adatom impurity is located in the continuous one-dimensional energy miniband. The steady state is a realization of the bound state in continuum (BIC) phenomenon first proposed by von Neuman and Wigner [Phys. Z. 30, 465 (1929)]. We analytically solve the dispersion equation for this localized state, which enables us to reveal the mechanism of the BIC. The appearance of the BIC state is attributed to the quantum …
Bound States In The Continuum In Quantum-Dot Pairs, Gonzalo Ordonez, Kyungsun Na, Sungyun Kim
Bound States In The Continuum In Quantum-Dot Pairs, Gonzalo Ordonez, Kyungsun Na, Sungyun Kim
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It is shown that for two open quantum dots connected by a wire, “bound states in the continuum” of a single electron are formed at nearly periodic distances between the dots. This is due to Fabry-Pérot interference between quasibound states in each dot. The bound states are nonlocal, describing the electron trapped in both dots at the same time. Theoretical and numerical results show that trapped states exist even if the wire connecting the dots is relatively long.