Level Occupancy Anomalies in a Double QD System
P. Stefański
Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznań, Poland
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A double quantum dot system is considered in the presence of the electron intra-Coulomb U interactions within the dots and inter-Coulomb U12 interactions between them. We show that both for spinless and spinfull electrons the dots occupancy anomalies are encountered and caused by electron correlations. This non-monotonic behavior strongly deviates from usual level filling at the Coulomb blockade. For spinfull electrons the inter-dot interaction modifies also on-site electron correlations.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.115.92
PACS numbers: 73.63.Kv, 73.23.Hk