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Turek, Marko ; Matveev, K. A.

Cotunneling thermopower of single electron transistors

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Turek, Marko and Matveev, K. A. (2002) Cotunneling thermopower of single electron transistors. Physical Review B 65, p. 115332.

DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.1508


Abstract

We study the thermopower of a quantum dot weakly coupled to two reservoirs by tunnel junctions. At low temperatures the transport through the dot is suppressed by charging effects (Coulomb blockade). As a result the thermopower shows an oscillatory dependence on the gate voltage. We study this dependence in the limit of low temperatures where transport through the dot is dominated by the ...

We study the thermopower of a quantum dot weakly coupled to two reservoirs by tunnel junctions. At low temperatures the transport through the dot is suppressed by charging effects (Coulomb blockade). As a result the thermopower shows an oscillatory dependence on the gate voltage. We study this dependence in the limit of low temperatures where transport through the dot is dominated by the processes of inelastic cotunneling. We also obtain a crossover formula for intermediate temperatures which connects our cotunneling results to the known sawtooth behavior in the sequential tunneling regime. As the temperature is lowered, the amplitude of thermopower oscillations increases, and their shape changes qualitatively.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitlePhysical Review B
PublisherAMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
Place of PublicationCOLLEGE PK
Volume65
Page Rangep. 115332
Date2002
Date of publication05 Aug 2009 13:30
InstitutionsPhysics > Institute of Theroretical Physics
Identification Number
ValueType
cond-mat/0112445arXiv ID
10.1103/PhysRevB.65.115332DOI
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URLURL Type
http://de.arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0112445Preprint
KeywordsCOULOMB-BLOCKADE OSCILLATIONS; QUANTUM-DOT; CONDUCTANCE;
Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
Item ID1508

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