Spin-orbital Kondo effect in a parallel double quantum dot

Transport properties of the two-orbital Kondo effect involving both spin and orbital (pseudospin) degrees of freedom were examined in a parallel double quantum dot with a sufficient interdot Coulomb interaction and negligibly small interdot tunneling. The Kondo effect was observed at the interdot Coulomb blockade region with degeneracies of both spin and orbital degrees of freedom. When the orbital degeneracy is lifted by applying a finite detuning, the Kondo resonance exhibits a triple-peak structure, indicating that both spin and orbital contributions are involved.