Asymmetry of nonlinear transport and electron interactions in quantum dots

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 May 26;96(20):206802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.206802. Epub 2006 May 25.

Abstract

The symmetry properties of transport beyond the linear regime in chaotic quantum dots are investigated experimentally. A component of differential conductance that is antisymmetric in both applied source-drain bias V and magnetic field B, absent in linear transport, is found to exhibit mesoscopic fluctuations around a zero average. Typical values of this component allow a measurement of the electron interaction strength.