TY - JOUR
T1 - Spin current and shot noise from a quantum dot coupled to a quantized cavity field
AU - Djuric, Ivana
AU - Search, Chris P.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - We examine the spin current and the associated shot noise generated in a quantum dot connected to normal leads with zero bias voltage across the dot. The spin current is generated by spin flip transitions induced by a quantized electromagnetic field inside a cavity with one of the Zeeman states lying below the Fermi level of the leads and the other above. In the limit of strong Coulomb blockade, this model is analogous to the Jaynes-Cummings model in quantum optics. We also calculate the photon current and photon current shot noise resulting from photons leaking out of the cavity. We show that the photon current is equal to the spin current and that the spin current can be significantly larger than for the case of a classical driving field as a result of cavity losses. In addition to this, the frequency-dependent spin (photon) current shot noise show dips (peaks) that are a result of the discrete nature of photons.
AB - We examine the spin current and the associated shot noise generated in a quantum dot connected to normal leads with zero bias voltage across the dot. The spin current is generated by spin flip transitions induced by a quantized electromagnetic field inside a cavity with one of the Zeeman states lying below the Fermi level of the leads and the other above. In the limit of strong Coulomb blockade, this model is analogous to the Jaynes-Cummings model in quantum optics. We also calculate the photon current and photon current shot noise resulting from photons leaking out of the cavity. We show that the photon current is equal to the spin current and that the spin current can be significantly larger than for the case of a classical driving field as a result of cavity losses. In addition to this, the frequency-dependent spin (photon) current shot noise show dips (peaks) that are a result of the discrete nature of photons.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.115327
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.115327
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33749055901
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 74
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 11
M1 - 115327
ER -