  We report results on the rectification properties of a carbon nanotube (CNT)
ring transistor, contacted by CNT leads, whose novel features have been
recently communicated by Watanabe et al. [Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 2928 (2001)].
This paper contains results which are validated by the experimental
observations. Moreover, we report on additional features of the transmission of
this ring device which are associated with the possibility of breaking the lead
inversion symmetry. The linear conductance displays a "chessboard"-like
behavior alternated with anomalous zero-lines which should be directly
observable in experiments. We are also able to discriminate in our results
structural properties (quasi-onedimensional confinement) from pure topological
effects (ring configuration), thus helping to gain physical intuition on the
rich ring phenomenology.
