Chirality in Coulomb-blockaded quantum dots
arXiv:cond-mat/0510316 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.72.201308
Abstract
We investigate the two-terminal nonlinear conductance of a Coulomb-blockaded quantum dot attached to chiral edge states. Reversal of the applied magnetic field inverts the system chirality and leads to a different polarization charge. As a result, the current--voltage characteristic is not an even function of the magnetic field. We show that the corresponding magnetic-field asymmetry arises from single-charge effects and vanishes in the limit of high temperature.
5 pages, 4 figures