The spin polarization of the current passing through a GaAs quantum dot is found experimentally by Potok et al. [21] to be always polarized in the same direction as external field when varying the gate voltage. This is in disagreement with theories that assume single energy level on the quantum dot. We investigate the problem by considering a model of double level quantum dot with strong exchange coupling between the electrons on the two levels. Variational method was used to construct the approximate ground state, spectral function and then the current. Our results are compared with experiment and follow our expectation. The spin polarizations of current for different couplings between the site and conduction electrons are compared. The effect for different exchange couplings is also d...[ Read more ]

The spin polarization of the current passing through a GaAs quantum dot is found experimentally by Potok et al. [21] to be always polarized in the same direction as external field when varying the gate voltage. This is in disagreement with theories that assume single energy level on the quantum dot. We investigate the problem by considering a model of double level quantum dot with strong exchange coupling between the electrons on the two levels. Variational method was used to construct the approximate ground state, spectral function and then the current. Our results are compared with experiment and follow our expectation. The spin polarizations of current for different couplings between the site and conduction electrons are compared. The effect for different exchange couplings is also discussed.