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Observation of the two-channel Kondo effect

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  • R. M. Potok

    (Department of Physics,
    Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
    Present address: Advanced Micro Devices, Austin, Texas 78741, USA.)

  • I. G. Rau

    (Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA)

  • Hadas Shtrikman

    (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 96100, Israel)

  • Yuval Oreg

    (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 96100, Israel)

  • D. Goldhaber-Gordon

    (Department of Physics,)

Abstract

It takes two to Kondo Semiconductor quantum dots — nano-structures that tightly confine the motion of electrons — have emerged as useful model systems for studying and manipulating the behaviour of one or a few electrons. One of the best-studied phenomena is the Kondo effect, where an isolated electron spin in a quantum dot strongly interacts with the sea of electrons in the electrodes, giving rise to a complex many-particle state. A subtly different phenomenon that is much more difficult to observe is the two-channel Kondo effect, where electrons in two electrodes are entangled with each other via their interaction with a single localized spin in a quantum dot. Unlike the conventional Kondo effect, this new effect cannot be described within the conventional picture for electron behaviour of Fermi liquids. The much sought-after two-channel Kondo effect has now been observed in quantum dots, over 25 years after it was first predicted. The system is minutely controllable at the microscopic level — a step towards the ultimate designer semiconductor nanostructure.

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  • R. M. Potok & I. G. Rau & Hadas Shtrikman & Yuval Oreg & D. Goldhaber-Gordon, 2007. "Observation of the two-channel Kondo effect," Nature, Nature, vol. 446(7132), pages 167-171, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:446:y:2007:i:7132:d:10.1038_nature05556
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05556
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