Singlet-triplet transition tuned by asymmetric gate voltages in a quantum ring

Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Nov 14;91(20):206802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.206802. Epub 2003 Nov 14.

Abstract

Wave-function and interaction effects in the addition spectrum of a Coulomb-blockaded many-electron quantum ring are investigated as a function of asymmetrically applied gate voltages and magnetic field. Hartree and exchange contributions to the interaction are quantitatively evaluated at a crossing between states extended around the ring and states which are more localized in one arm of the ring. A gate tunable singlet-triplet transition of the two uppermost levels of this many-electron ring is identified at zero magnetic field.