Entanglement generation through an open quantum dot: Exact two-electron scattering state in the Anderson model

We analytically study entanglement generation through an open quantum-dot system described by the two-lead Anderson model. We exactly obtain the transition rate between the nonentangled incident state in one lead and the outgoing spin-singlet state in the other lead. We find that only the spin-singlet state can transmit in the cotunneling process. To discuss such an entanglement property in the open quantum system, we construct the exact two-electron scattering state of the Anderson model. It is striking that the scattering state contains spin-singlet bound states induced by the Coulomb interaction. The bound state describes a scattering process in which the set of momenta is not conserved and hence, it is not in the form of a Bethe eigenstate. ©2009 The American Physical Society