arXiv:2112.08591 · Chinese Physics B

Dynamic transport characteristics of side-coupled double-quantum-impurity systems

Yijie Wang, Jianhua Wei

Published Apr 28, 2022• 1 citation

Abstract

A systematic study is performed on time-dependent dynamic transport characteristics of a side-coupled double-quantum-impurity system based on the hierarchical equations of motion. It is found that the transport current behaves like a single quantum dot when the coupling strength is low during tunneling or Coulomb coupling. For the case of only tunneling transition, the dynamic current oscillates due to the temporal coherence of the electron tunneling device. The oscillation frequency of the transport current is related to the step voltage applied by the lead, while temperature T, electron–electron interaction U and the bandwidth W have little influence. The amplitude of the current oscillation exists in positive correlation with W and negative correlation with U. With the increase in coupling t 12 between impurities, the ground state of the system changes from a Kondo singlet of one impurity to a spin singlet of two impurities. Moreover, lowering the temperature could promote the Kondo effect to intensify the oscillation of the dynamic current. When only the Coulomb transition is coupled, it is found that the two split-off Hubbard peaks move upward and have different interference effects on the Kondo peak at the Fermi surface with the increase in U 12, from the dynamics point of view.

DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ac6b1e

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