Scenarios of local spectral property and multifunctional spin selecting for a triple quantum dot molecule: How do the bonding and antibonding orbitals contribute to the spin currents?

Abstract

Molecular electronic device is considered as a promising candidate for next generation electronic component, where the basic challenge involves understanding the charge and spin transports through molecular objects. In this paper, with the help of the sophisticated numerical renormalization group technique, we study theoretically the spin selective transport in a parallel triple quantum dot molecular device pierced by a local magnetic field along z axis. Based on simplified parameters of real molecular system, we find such device acts as a multifunctional spin selector when the inter-molecule tunneling couplings are asymmetric, including two 100% polarized spin-up summits, and one 100% spin-down summit in the linear conductance. We show in detail the local density of states for the bonding and anti-boding orbitals, and attribute the spin selection to the orbital polarized Coulomb blockade effect. We demonstrate our numerical results are consistent with those estimated by the analytical techniques, including the Friedel sum rule and the energy level crossings of the isolated orbitals.