Dark States and Transport through Quantum Dots
S.B. Tooski and B.R. Bułka
Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznań, Poland
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We consider current through triple and quadruple quantum dot systems in an in-plane electric field and in the sequential tunneling regime. The electric field breaks symmetry of the system and can trap electron in a dark state in which current flow can completely be blocked. Consequently rotating the electric field, one can observe current oscillations and blockades due to dark state.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.121.1231
PACS numbers: 71.10.-w, 33.57.+c, 73.23.-b, 73.63.Kv