The transport properties of an artificial single-molecule magnet based on a CdTe quantum dot doped with a single Mn+2 ion (S =5/2) are investigated by the non-equilibrium Green function method.We consider a minimal model where the Mn-hole exchange coupling is strongly anisotropic so that spin-flip is suppressed and the impurity spin S and a hole spin s entering the quantum dot are coupled into spin pair states with (2S+ 1) sublevels.In the sequential tunneling regime,the differential conductance exhibits (2S + 1) possible peaks,corresponding to resonance tunneling via (2S + 1) sublevels.At low temperature,Kondo physics dominates transport and (2S + 1) Kondo peaks occur in the local density of states and conductance.These peaks originate from the spin-singlet state formed by the holes in the leads and on the dot via higher-order processes and are related to the parallel and antiparallel spin pair states.
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