Cotunneling Transport at Singlet-Triplet Transition in Carbon Nanotube Quantum Dots

Electronic transport through a quantum dot in the Coulomb-blockade cotunelling regime is investigated both experimentally and theoretically, where a single-wall carbon-nanotube weakly coupled to metallic leads plays a role of the dot. We observe a pronounced current peak for the singlet-triplet transition in a half-shell filling regime due to inelastic cotunneling processes. Using the second order perturbation theory we explain physical mechanisms determining the details of signal.