Transport properties of a double quantum dot molecule in the presence of impurity effects

Abstract

In this Letter, we studied the electronic transport through a parallel-coupled double quantum dot (DQD) molecule including impurity effects at zero temperature. The linear conductance can be calculated by using the Green's function method. An obvious Fano resonance arising from the impurity state in the quantum dot is observed for the symmetric dot-lead coupling structure in the absence of the magnetic flux through the quantum device. When the magnetic flux is presented, two groups of conductance peaks appear in the linear conductance spectra. Each group is decomposed into one Breit–Wigner and one Fano resonances. Tuning the system parameters, we can control effectively the shapes of these conductance peaks. The Aharonov–Bohm (AB) oscillation for the magnetic flux is also studied. The oscillation period of the linear conductance with π, 2 π or 4 π may be observed by tuning the interdot tunneling coupling or the dot-impurity coupling strengths.