Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 45-51Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2004.840151
Keywords
magnetotransport; quantum interference; resonant phase; resonant tunneling; shot-noise spectrum; single-spin measurement; Zeeman splitting
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We consider the resonant tunneling through a multilevel system. It is demonstrated that the resonant current displays quantum interference effects due to a possibility of tunneling through different levels. We show that the interference effects are strongly modulated by a relative phase of states carrying the current. This makes it possible to use these effects for measuring the phase difference between resonant states in quantum dots. We extend our model for a description of magnetotransport through the Zeeman doublets. It is shown that, due to spin-flip transitions, the quantum interference effects generate a distinct peak in the shot-noise power spectrum at the frequency of Zeeman splitting. This mechanism explains modulation in the tunneling current at the Larmor frequency observed in scanning tunneling microscope experiments and can be utilized for a single spin measurement.
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