Zero-field kondo splitting and quantum-critical transition in double quantum dots

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Sep 1;97(9):096603. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.096603. Epub 2006 Aug 30.

Abstract

Double quantum dots offer unique possibilities for the study of many-body correlations. A system containing one Kondo dot and one effectively noninteracting dot maps onto a single-impurity Anderson model with a structured (nonconstant) density of states. Numerical renormalization-group calculations show that, while band filtering through the resonant dot splits the Kondo resonance, the singlet ground state is robust. The system can also be continuously tuned to create a pseudogapped density of states and access a quantum-critical point separating Kondo and non-Kondo phases.