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arXiv:1704.04312 · Physical Review Letters

Quantum Fluctuations along Symmetry Crossover in a Kondo-Correlated Quantum Dot

Meydi Ferrier, Tomonori Arakawa, T. HATA, Ryo Fujiwara, R. Delagrange, R. Deblock, Yoshimichi Teratani, Rui Sakano, Akira Oguri, Kensuke Kobayashi

Published May 11, 2017• 41 citations
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Abstract

Universal properties of entangled many-body states are controlled by their symmetry and quantum fluctuations. By the magnetic-field tuning of the spin-orbital degeneracy in a Kondo-correlated quantum dot, we have modified quantum fluctuations to directly measure their influence on the many-body properties along the crossover from SU(4) to SU(2) symmetry of the ground state. High-sensitive current noise measurements combined with the nonequilibrium Fermi liquid theory clarify that the Kondo resonance and electron correlations are enhanced as the fluctuations, measured by the Wilson ratio, increase along the symmetry crossover. Our achievement demonstrates that nonlinear noise constitutes a measure of quantum fluctuations that can be used to tackle quantum phase transitions.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.118.196803

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Abstract Behavior of quantum liquids is a fascinating topic in physics. Even in a strongly correlated case, the linear response of a given system to an external field is described by the fluctuation-dissipation relations based on the two-body correlations in the equilibrium. However, to explore nonlinear non-equilibrium behaviors of the system beyond this well-established regime, the role of higher order correlations starting from the three-body correlations must be revealed. In this work, we experimentally investigate a controllable quantum liquid realized in a Kondo-correlated quantum dot and prove the relevance of the three-body correlations in the nonlinear conductance at finite magnetic field, which validates the recent Fermi liquid theory extended to the non-equilibrium regime.
We consider strongly correlated regimes which emerge at low temperature in coupled quantum dot (or magnetic impurity) systems. In strongly correlated systems a single particle description fails to explain the observed behaviour, so we resort to many body methods. We describe our system using a 2-impurity Anderson model and develop a numerical renormalisation group procedure which provides non-perturbative insight into the low energy behaviour, through calculation of dynamic quantities. We combine this approach with renormalised perturbation theory, thus acquiring a picture of how the Hamiltonian and interactions change at low energies. These approaches are first used to study the emergence of a Kondo effect with an SU(4) symmetry in capacitively-coupled double quantum dot systems. We classify the 'types' of SU(4) symmetry which can emerge and show how an experimentalist might achieve such emergence through tuning their system. We provide a way of distinguishing between the SU(2) and SU(4) Kondo regimes by considering the conductance. We also study a quantum critical point which occurs in the Heisenberg coupled quantum dot/impurity model. There is an anomalous entropy contributed by the impurities in this regime which is indicative of an uncoupled Majorana Fermion. We calculate dynamic quantities in regimes with different symmetries and establish correspondence with the 2-channel Kondo model. We formulate possible pictures of the underlying mechanisms of the critical point and construct a Majorana fermion model for the case with particle-hole symmetry, which explains the non-Fermi liquid energy levels and degeneracies obtained. We conjecture that a Majorana zero mode is present, and that this is responsible for the anomalous entropy.