Two-stage Kondo effect in a quantum dot at a high magnetic field

Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Mar 25;88(12):126803. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.126803. Epub 2002 Mar 7.

Abstract

We report a strong Kondo effect (Kondo temperature approximately 4 K) at high magnetic field in a selective area growth semiconductor quantum dot. The Kondo effect is ascribed to a singlet-triplet transition in the ground state of the dot. At the transition, the low-temperature conductance approaches the unitary limit. Away from the transition, for low bias voltages and temperatures, the conductance is sharply reduced. The observed behavior is compared to predictions for a two-stage Kondo effect in quantum dots coupled to single-channel leads.