Nonequilibrium dephasing in Coulomb blockaded quantum dots

Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Jan 16;102(2):026805. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.026805. Epub 2009 Jan 14.

Abstract

We present a theory of zero-bias anomalies and dephasing rates for a Coulomb-blockaded quantum dot, driven out of equilibrium by coupling to voltage biased source and drain leads. We interpret our results in terms of the statistics of voltage fluctuations in the system.