4 research outputs found
Kondo effect in quantum dots coupled to ferromagnetic leads
We study the Kondo effect in a quantum dot which is coupled to ferromagnetic
leads and analyse its properties as a function of the spin polarization of the
leads. Based on a scaling approach we predict that for parallel alignment of
the magnetizations in the leads the strong-coupling limit of the Kondo effect
is reached at a finite value of the magnetic field. Using an equation-of-motion
technique we study nonlinear transport through the dot. For parallel alignment
the zero-bias anomaly may be split even in the absence of an external magnetic
field. For antiparallel spin alignment and symmetric coupling, the peak is
split only in the presence of a magnetic field, but shows a characteristic
asymmetry in amplitude and position.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
Residual Kondo effect in quantum dot coupled to half-metallic ferromagnets
We study the Kondo effect in a quantum dot coupled to half-metallic
ferromagnetic electrodes in the regime of strong on-dot correlations. Using the
equation of motion technique for nonequilibrium Green functions in the slave
boson representation we show that the Kondo effect is not completely suppressed
for anti-parallel leads magnetization. In the parallel configuration there is
no Kondo effect but there is an effect associated with elastic cotunneling
which in turn leads to similar behavior of the local (on-dot) density of states
(LDOS) as the usual Kondo effect. Namely, the LDOS shows the temperature
dependent resonance at the Fermi energy which splits with the bias voltage and
the magnetic field. Moreover, unlike for non-magnetic or not fully polarized
ferromagnetic leads the only minority spin electrons can form such resonance in
the density of states. However, this resonance cannot be observed directly in
the transport measurements and we give some clues how to identify the effect in
such systems.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in J. Phys.: Condens.
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