Non-collinear magnetoconductance of a quantum dot

• Main Authors: Pedersen, Jonas N, Thomassen, Jesper Q, Flensberg, Karsten
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 06-12-2004
• Subjects: Physics - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0412145

Phys. Rev. B 72, 045341 (2005) We study theoretically the linear conductance of a quantum dot connected to
ferromagnetic leads. The dot level is split due to a non-collinear magnetic
field or intrinsic magnetization. The system is studied in the non-interacting
approximation, where an exact solution is given, and, furthermore, with Coulomb
correlations in the weak tunneling limit. For the non-interacting case, we find
an anti-resonance for a particular direction of the applied field,
non-collinear to the parallel magnetization directions of the leads. The
anti-resonance is destroyed by the correlations, giving rise to an interaction
induced enhancement of the conductance. The angular dependence of the
conductance is thus distinctly different for the interacting and
non-interacting cases when the magnetizations of the leads are parallel.
However, for anti-parallel lead magnetizations the interactions do not alter
the angle dependence significantly.