Magnetic field switching in parallel quantum dots

Abstract

We show that the Coulomb blockade in parallel dots pierced by magnetic flux $\Phi$ completely blocks the resonant current for any value of $\Phi$ except for integer multiples of the flux quantum ${\Phi }_0$. This non-analytic (switching) dependence of the current on $\Phi$ arises only when the dot states that carry the current are of the same energy. The time needed to reach the steady state, however, diverges when $\Phi \to n{\Phi }_0$.

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