Tunable spin/charge Kondo effect at a double superconducting island connected to two spinless quantum wires

We propose that a pertinently engineered double superconducting island connected to two spinless one-dimensional conducting leads can work as a tunable (iso)spin Kondo and charge Kondo system, with the lead index regarded as an effective isospin degree of freedom. We evidence how, by tuning a single...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review. B 2020-05, Vol.101 (19), p.1, Article 195140
Hauptverfasser: Giuliano, Domenico, Lepori, Luca, Nava, Andrea
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Zusammenfassung:We propose that a pertinently engineered double superconducting island connected to two spinless one-dimensional conducting leads can work as a tunable (iso)spin Kondo and charge Kondo system, with the lead index regarded as an effective isospin degree of freedom. We evidence how, by tuning a single gate voltage applied to the island, it is possible to make the system switch from the (iso)spin Kondo to the charge Kondo phase, passing across an intermediate phase, in which the Kondo impurity is effectively irrelevant for the low-temperature behavior of the system. Eventually, we evidence how to probe the various phases by measuring the ac conductance tensor of our system, by emphasizing the features that should allow to identify the onset of the so far quite elusive "charge-2" charge Kondo effect.
ISSN:2469-9950
2469-9969
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.195140