Optically mediated spin current and Fano resonance in an Aharonov–Bohm ring with a quantum dot

Abstract

We study the spin-polarized transport and Fano resonance in an Aharonov–Bohm (AB) interferometer with an embedded quantum dot, where the dot is irradiated by continuous circularly polarized light. Compared with the conventional Fano form, the resonance line shape is found to be deformed by the interplay between the external irradiation and the Coulomb repulsion. The Fano resonance peaks are split due to the shift of the effective energy level in the dot by Rabi oscillation of electron–heavy hole pairs. The direction and magnitude of spin current polarization can be modulated by the device parameters. Furthermore, the direct tunneling between two leads can induce a sharp sign reversal of spin polarization, the system thus operates as a rectifier for spin current polarization.