The influence of interference on the Kondo effect

The Kondo effect, wherein a local magnetic moment is screened via interactions with a continuum of quantum excitations, occurs in quantum dots with an odd number of electrons. By placing a quantum dot in an Aharanov-Bohm interferometer, one is able to probe the effects of electron interference on t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malecki, Justin
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30149