Fano versus Kondo resonances in a multilevel "semiopen" quantum dot

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Oct 29;93(18):186805. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.186805. Epub 2004 Oct 28.

Abstract

Linear conductance across a large quantum dot via a single level epsilon(0) with large hybridization to the contacts is strongly sensitive to quasibound states localized in the dot and weakly coupled to epsilon(0). The conductance oscillates with the gate voltage due to interference of the Fano type. At low temperature and Coulomb blockade, Kondo correlations damp the oscillations on an extended range of gate voltage values, by freezing the occupancy of the epsilon(0) level itself. As a consequence, the antiresonances of Fano origin are washed out. The results are in good correspondence with experimental data for a large quantum dot in the semiopen regime.