Crystallization and quantum melting of few electron system in a spherical quantum dot: quantum Monte Carlo simulation

Spherical quantum dots with a few charged Fermi particles (electrons or holes) are studied for different total spins. Simulation by quantum path integral Monte Carlo method is performed. The dependence of the electron correlations in the quantum dot is studied at different mean interelectron separation controlled by number of electrons in the quantum dot and by steepness of electron confinement (the latter parameter can be changed by the gate voltage). The ‘cold’ melting—quantum transition from Wigner crystal-like state (i.e. from regime of strongly correlated electrons) to a Fermi liquid-like state—driven by the steepness of electron confinement is studied. The pair correlation function and radial function characterizing electron quantum delocalization are analyzed.     

Control of electron correlations in a spherical quantum dot

Spherical quantum dots containing several electrons are considered for different values of the total spin. Numerical calculations are carried out using the quantum path-integral Monte Carlo method. The dependence of the electron correlations on the dimensionless control quantum parameter q associated with the steepness of the confinement potential is studied. The quantum transition from a Wigner crystal-like state (i.e., from the regime of strongly correlated electrons) to a Fermi-liquid state (“cold” melting) driven by the parameter q is studied in detail. The behavior of the radial and pair correlation functions, which characterize quantum delocalization of the electrons, is considered.     

圆柱状量子点量子导线复合系统的激子能量和电子概率分布

建立了圆柱状量子点量子导线复合系统中激子满足的方程，用微扰论求出激子能量.以CdS/HgS/CdS/HgS/CdS圆柱状量子点量子导线复合系统为例，研究了系统中电子的概率分布和系统线度对激子能量的影响.结果表明：系统中电子、空穴以及激子的能量均随量子点高度h₀的增大而减小，电子-空穴相互作用对基态激子能量的影响要大于激发态；电子沿径向方向的概率分布呈起伏状，在轴线和表面附近的概率趋于零，而在R/2附近概率最大；在量子点附近电子沿轴向方向的概率分布呈振荡特征 关键词： 量子点 量子导线 激子 能量     

Spin manipulation of free two-dimensional electrons in Si/SiGe quantum wells

Understanding the mechanisms controlling the spin coherence of electrons in semiconductors is essential for designing structures for quantum computing applications. Using a pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer, we measure spin echoes and deduce a spin coherence time (T2) of up to 3 mus for an ensemble of free two-dimensional electrons confined in a Si/SiGe quantum well. The decoherence can be understood in terms of momentum scattering causing fluctuating effective Rashba fields. Further confining the electrons into a nondegenerate (other than spin) ground state of a quantum dot can be expected to eliminate this decoherence mechanism.     

Energy Spectrum of Charge Carriers in Elastically Strained Assemblies of Ge/Si Quantum Dots

The results of studying the energy spectrum of electrons and holes localized in second-type Ge/Si heterostructures with Ge quantum dots are presented. In such structures, holes are localized at Ge quantum dots, and electrons, in three-dimensional quantum wells, which form in Si at the Ge—Si interface because of inhomogeneous deformations that appear as a result of the difference between the Ge and Si lattice constants. It is shown that changes in the deformations in the assembly of quantum dots as a result of a variation in their spatial arrangement significantly changes the binding energy of electrons, the position of their localization at quantum dots, the binding energy and wave-function symmetry of holes at double quantum dots (artificial molecules), and the exchange interaction of electrons and holes in the exciton composition. A practically important result of the presented data is the development of approaches to increase the luminescence quantum efficiency and the absorption coefficient in assemblies of quantum dots.     

Coherent spin precession of electrons and excitons in charge tunable InP quantum dots

Coherent spin precession of electrons and excitons is observed in charge tunable InP quantum dots under the transverse magnetic field by means of time-resolved Kerr rotation. In a quantum dot doped by one electron, spin precession of the doped electron in the quantum dot starts out of phase with spin precession of the doped electrons in a GaAs substrate just after a trion is formed and persists for more than 2 ns even after the trion recombines. Simultaneously spin precession of a trion (hole) starts. Observation of spin precession of both a doped electron and a trion (hole) confirms creating coherent superposition of an electron and a trion as the initialization process of spin of doped electrons in quantum dots. In a neutral quantum dot, the exciton spin precession starts out of phase with spin precession of the doped electrons in a GaAs substrate and the precession frequency does not converge to 0 at the zero field limit. It contains the electron–hole exchange interaction and corresponds to the splitting between bright and dark excitons under the transverse magnetic field.     

Interactions of ion acoustic multi-soliton and rogue wave with Bohm quantum potential in degenerate plasma

This work investigates the interactions among solitons and their consequences in the production of rogue waves in an unmagnetized plasmas composing non-relativistic as well as relativistic degenerate electrons and positrons, and inertial non-relativistic helium ions. The extended Poincare′–Lighthill–Kuo(PLK) method is employed to derive the two-sided Korteweg–de Vries(Kd V) equations with their corresponding phase shifts. The nonlinear Schr o¨dinger equation(NLSE) is obtained from the modified Kd V(m Kd V) equation, which allows one to study the properties of the rogue waves. It is found that the Fermi temperature and quantum mechanical effects become pronounced due to the quantum diffraction of electrons and positrons in the plasmas. The densities and temperatures of the helium ions, degenerate electrons and positrons, and quantum parameters strongly modify the electrostatic ion acoustic resonances and their corresponding phase shifts due to the interactions among solitons and produce rogue waves in the plasma.     

Effect of exchange–correlation on quantum ion-acoustic soliton energy

The electrons exchange–correlation influence on the energy carried by the quantum ion-acoustic soliton (QIAS) is succinctly discussed. Starting from the one-dimensional quantum hydrodynamic model (in which the term of exchange–correlation for electrons is included), a deformed Korteweg–de Vries-like equation is derived. It is found that the QIAS energy experiences a depletion as a result of quantum diffraction. This quantum energy depletion may be counteracted by the exchange–correlation effect. The present work can be viewed as a first step towards the investigation of the exchange–correlation effects on the dynamics of solitary waves in quantum plasmas.     

InAs自组装量子点GaAs肖特基二级管的电学特性研究

分析研究了GaAsInAs自组装量子点的电输运性质,通过对实验数据的分析,讨论了Schottky势垒对InAs量子点器件的影响和IV曲线中迟滞回路以及电导曲线中台阶结构产生的原因.迟滞回路和台阶的出现与电场中量子点的充放电过程相关:迟滞回路反映了量子点充电后对载流子的库仑作用,而电导台阶则反映了量子点因共振隧穿的放电现象 关键词： 迟滞现象 自组装量子点 共振隧穿     

Quantum interference control of ballistic pure spin currents in semiconductors

We demonstrate all-optical quantum interference injection and control of a ballistic pure spin current (without an accompanying charge current) in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells, consisting of spin-up electrons traveling in one direction and spin-down electrons traveling in the opposite direction. This current is generated through quantum interference of one- and two-photon absorption of approximately 100 fs phase-locked pulses that have orthogonal linear polarizations. We use a spatially resolved pump-probe technique to measure carrier movement of approximately 10 nm. Results agree with recent theoretical predictions.     

Optical polarization of nuclei and ODNMR in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells

Optical orientation of electrons was used to polarize the crystal lattice nuclei in quantum-size heterostructures and to study the effect of the conduction band spin splitting on the spin states of quasi-two-dimensional (2D) electrons drifting in an external electric field. High (～1%) nuclear polarization was registered using polarized luminescence and ODNMR in single GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells. Measurement was made of the hyperfine interaction fields created by polarized nuclei on electrons and by electrons on nuclei. The spin-lattice relaxation of nuclei on the non-degenerate 2D electron gas was calculated. A comparison of the theoretical and experimental longitudinal relaxation times permitted the conclusion that the localized charge carriers are responsible for nuclear polarization in quantum wells in the temperature range of 2–77 K. A new effect has been studied, i.e. induction of an effective magnetic field acting on 2D electron spins when electrons drift in an external electric field in the quantum well plane. This effective field B_eff is due to the spin splitting of the conduction band of 2D electrons. The paper discusses possible registration of an ODNMR signal when the field B_eff is modulated by an electric current during optical orientation.     

The quantum control of electron states in a double quantum dot under coulomb blocking conditions

The possibility of providing for a quantum control of electron states by means of a weak electric field (constant or alternating) acting upon a system is studied in a nondissipative approximation for a system of two electrons in a double quantum dot (QD) under Coulomb blocking conditions. It is shown that the Coulomb repulsion facilitates controlled transition of the system from a symmetric (one electron in each QD) to asymmetric (both electrons in one QD) electron configuration under the action of a resonance alternating field or a slowly varying (quasi-constant) field. In the absence of Coulomb repulsion, two electrons can be localized in the same QD only under the action of a strong electric field.     

A New Approach to Energy Integral for Investigation of Dust-Ion Acoustic(DIA)Waves in Multi-Component Plasmas with Quantum Effects in Inertia Less Electrons

Dust-ion acoustic waves are investigated in this model of plasma consisting of negatively charged dusts,cold ions and inertia less quantum effected electrons with the help of a typical energy integral.In this case,a new technique is applied formulating a differential equation to establish the energy integral in case of multi-component plasmas which is not possible in general.Dust-ion acoustic(DIA) compressive and rarefactive,supersonic and subsonic solitons of various amplitudes are established.The consideration of smaller order nonlinearity in support of the newly established quantum plasma model is observed to generate small amplitude solitons at the decrease of Mach number.The growths of soliton amplitudes and potential depths are found more sensitive to the density of quantum electrons.The small density ratio r(=1-f) with a little quantized electrons supplemented by the dust charges Z_d and the in-deterministic new quantum parameter C_2 are found responsible to finally support the generation of small amplitude solitons admissible for the model.     

Coupling Distant Spins of Surface-State Electrons by Manipulating Their Collective Vibrations

The system of electrons on liquid helium is an interesting candidate to implement quantum computation, due to the long coherence times of the qubits encoded by the electronic spins. In order to implement the quantum logic operations between the spins, we propose here a configuration, similarly to the cooled ions in a trap, to couple the distant electrons via manipulating their center of mass （CM） vibrations. First, we show that the electrons could be confined in a common harmonic oscillator potential by using an electrostatic field. Then, with a single current pulse （applied on the micro-electrode below the liquid helium） the distant electronic spins can be coupled simultaneously to the CM mode. Finally, by adiabatically eliminating the CM mode, effective interaction between the distant spins is induced for implementing the desired quantum computing.     

Two‐dimensional magnetosonic shock wave propagation in dense electron–positron–ion plasmas

Two‐dimensional (2D) magnetosonic wave propagation in magnetized quantum dissipative plasmas is studied. The plasma system is comprised of inertial ions, inertia‐less electrons, and positrons. The multi‐fluid quantum hydrodynamic model is used, in which quantum statistical and quantum tunnelling effects of electrons and positrons are included. Reductive perturbation analysis is performed to derive the Zabolotskaya–Khokhlov equation for the 2D propagation of a magnetosonic shock wave in a magnetized qauntum plasma. The effects of varying the different plasma parameters such as positron density and magnetic field intensity on the propagation characteristics of magnetosonic shock waves are discussed with non‐relativistic degenerate plasma parameters in astrophysical plasma situations.     

Oblique propagation of longitudinal waves in magnetized spin-1/2 plasmas: Independent evolution of spin-up and spin-down electrons

We consider quantum plasmas of electrons and motionless ions. We describe separate evolution of spin-up and spin-down electrons. We present corresponding set of quantum hydrodynamic equations. We assume that plasmas are placed in an uniform external magnetic field. We account different occupation of spin-up and spin-down quantum states in equilibrium degenerate plasmas. This effect is included via equations of state for pressure of each species of electrons. We study oblique propagation of longitudinal waves. We show that instead of two well-known waves (the Langmuir wave and the Trivelpiece–Gould wave), plasmas reveal four wave solutions. New solutions exist due to both the separate consideration of spin-up and spin-down electrons and different occupation of spin-up and spin-down quantum states in equilibrium state of degenerate plasmas.     

Performance enhancement of InGaN light-emitting diodes with a leakage electron recombination quantum well

An InGaN light-emitting diodes with a leakage electron recombination (LER) quantum well have been proposed and investigated numerically by using the APSYS simulation software. The simulation results indicate that the AlGaN electron blocking layer inserted between the last two quantum wells changed the carrier concentrations distribution, and the leakage electrons can be further recombined with holes in the LER quantum well which can decrease the electrons that spill out from active region. As a result, the internal quantum efficiency and light output power are markedly improved attributed to LER quantum well.     

太赫兹量子级联激光器中有源区上激发态电子向高能级泄漏的研究

利用热力学统计理论和激光器输出特性理论,建立了太赫兹量子级联激光器(THz QCL)有源区中上激发态电子往更高能级电子态泄漏的计算模型,以输出功率度量电子泄漏程度研究分析了晶格温度和量子阱势垒高度对电子泄漏的影响.数值仿真结果表明,晶格温度上升会加剧电子泄漏,并且电子从上激发态泄漏到束缚态的数量大于泄漏到阱外连续态,同时温度的上升也会降低激光输出功率.增加量子阱势垒高度能抑制电子泄漏,并且有源区量子阱结构中存在一个最优量子阱势垒高度. THz QCL经过最优量子阱势垒高度优化后,工作温度得到提升,其输出功率相比于以往的结果也有所提高.研究结果对优化THz QCL有源区结构、抑制电子泄漏和改善激光器输出特性有指导作用.     

Dispersion properties of electron acoustic waves in degenerate and non‐degenerate quantum plasmas

The longitudinal response functions are used to generalize the dispersion properties of electron acoustic waves (EAWs) in the presence of quantum recoil, for isotropic, non‐relativistic, degenerate/non‐degenerate plasmas. In order to study the EAWs, the constituents of non‐degenerate (thermal) plasma are considered to be of two groups of electrons having different number density and temperature, namely the cold electrons and the hot electrons. Similarly in degenerate (Fermi) plasma the two population of electrons are considered to be the thinly populated and the thickly populated electrons. The sparsely populated electrons are termed as cold electrons while the densely populated ones are termed as hot electrons. The ions are stationary which form the neutralizing background. The absorption coefficients for Landau damping with the inclusion of the quantum recoil in both plasmas are calculated and discussed. The results are discussed in the context of laser‐produced plasma.     

Magnetic properties of quantum dots and rings

Exact many-body methods as well as current-spin-density functional theory are used to study the magnetism and electron localization in two-dimensional quantum dots and quasi-one-dimensional quantum rings. Predictions of broken-symmetry solutions within the density functional model are confirmed by exact configuration interaction (CI) calculations: In a quantum ring the electrons localize to form an antiferromagnetic chain which can be described with a simple model Hamiltonian. In a quantum dot the magnetic field localizes the electrons as predicted with the density functional approach. Received 5 December 2000