Buitelaar M R, Nussbaumer T, Schönenberger C
Institut für Physik, Universität Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, Switzerland.
Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Dec 16;89(25):256801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.256801. Epub 2002 Dec 4.
The Kondo effect and superconductivity are both prime examples of many-body phenomena. Here we report transport measurements on a carbon nanotube quantum dot coupled to superconducting leads that show a delicate interplay between both effects. We demonstrate that the superconductivity of the leads does not destroy the Kondo correlations on the quantum dot when the Kondo temperature, which varies for different single-electron states, exceeds the superconducting gap energy.
近藤效应和超导性都是多体现象的典型例子。在此,我们报告了对耦合到超导引线的碳纳米管量子点的输运测量,结果显示了这两种效应之间的微妙相互作用。我们证明,当近藤温度(因不同单电子态而异)超过超导能隙能量时,引线的超导性不会破坏量子点上的近藤关联。