Quantum Noise Measurement of a Carbon Nanotube Quantum Dot in the Kondo Regime

The current emission noise of a carbon nanotube quantum dot in the Kondo regime is measured at frequencies $\nu$ of the order or higher than the frequency associated with the Kondo effect $k_B{T}_K\mathrm{/}h$, with $T_K$ the Kondo temperature. The carbon nanotube is coupled via an on-chip resonant circuit to a quantum noise detector, a superconductor-insulator-superconductor junction. We find for $h\nu \approx k_B{T}_K$ a Kondo effect related singularity at a voltage bias $eV\approx h\nu$, and a strong reduction of this singularity for $h\nu \approx 3k_B{T}_K$, in good agreement with theory. Our experiment constitutes a new original tool for the investigation of the non-equilibrium dynamics of many-body phenomena in nanoscale devices.