Kondo Effect and Dephasing in Low-Dimensional Metallic Systems
By: edited by Venkat Chandrasekhar, Chris Haesendonck, Alfred Zawadowski
Contributors: Haesendonck, Chris; Zawadowski, Alfred
Series: NATO Science Series, Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, 1568-2609 -- 50; NATO science series -- 50.
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9789401004275
Other titles: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Size Dependent Magnetic Scattering, held in Pécs, Hungary, from 29 May to 1 June 2000
Description: The availability of nanolithographic tools and new spectroscopies (scanning tunneling microscope, mechanically controllable break junctions) has opened the possibility of directly probing the Kondo effect on the relevant mesoscopic size scale. This book brings together the major progress that has been made during the past few years on low-dimensional Kondo systems. Apart from size effects in dilute magnetic alloys, the book focuses on the two-channel Kondo effect to describe two-level systems which influence the electron transport through metallic nanobridges and cause dephasing in disordered metal films. It also reveals how quantum dots can be used as perfectly tunable Kondo systems.