Carrier tunneling in asymmetric coupled quantum dots

Exciton spin relaxation at low temperatures in InAlAs–InGaAs asymmetric double quantum dots embedded in AlGaAs layers has been investigated as a function of the barrier thickness by the time-resolved photoluminescence measurements. With decreasing the thickness of the AlGaAs layer between the dots, the spin relaxation time change from 3 ns to less than 500 ps. The reduction in the spin relaxation time was considered to originate from the spin-flip tunneling between the ground state in InAlAs dot and the excited states in InGaAs dot, and the resultant tunneling leads to the spin depolarization of the ground state in InGaAs dot.     

Ground and first excited state energies of impurity-bound polaron in a parabolic quantum dot

A Landau–Pekar variational theory is employed to obtain the ground and the first excited state binding energies of an electron bound to a Coulomb impurity in a polar semiconductor quantum dot (QD) with parabolic confinement in both two and three dimensions. It is found that the binding energy increase with increasing the Coulomb binding parameter and increase with the decrease in size of the QD and is much more pronounced with decreasing dimensionality.     

抛物线性限制势量子点量子比特及其光学声子效应

在抛物量子点中电子与体纵光学声子强耦合的条件下,应用Peaker变分方法得出了电子的基态和第一激发态的本征能量及基态和第一激发态本征波函数.量子点中这样的二能级体系可作为一个量子比特.当电子处于基态和第一激发态的叠加态时,计算出电子在空间的概率分布作周期性振荡.并且得出了振荡周期随受限长度及耦合强度的变化关系. 关键词： 量子点 量子信息 量子比特     

抛物量子点中强耦合磁极化子的性质

采用Pekar类型的变分方法研究了抛物量子点中强耦合磁极化子的基态和激发态的性质。计算了基态和激发态磁极化子的束缚能以及磁极化子的共振频率。讨论了这些量对回旋频率和有效限制强度的依赖关系,以及磁极化子光学声子平均数的性质,结果表明:由于Zeeman劈裂,抛物量子点中磁极化子的回旋共振频率劈裂为两支。基态和激发态磁极化子的束缚能以及磁极化子的共振频率都随回旋频率的增加而增大,随量子点的有效束缚强度的增大而减小。     

声子和温度对球型量子点中极化子性质的影响

采用求解能量本征方程、幺正变换及变分相结合的方法,研究声子和温度对球型量子点中极化子性质的影响.数值计算表明,声子效应导致极化子的基态能量低于电子能量,且极化子基态能量随电子-声子耦合强度的增大而降低.数值计算还表明,当温度较低,使得电子热运动能量小于声子能量时,声子不会被激发,极化子的基态能量不随温度的变化而变化;在温度较高,使得电子热运动能量大于声子能量时,电子和晶格热运动加剧,更多的声子被激发.极化子的基态能量随温度的升高而增大.     

声子和温度对球型量子点中极化子性质的影响

采用求解能量本征方程、幺正变换及变分相结合的方法,研究声子和温度对球型量子点中极化子性质的影响。数值计算表明,声子效应导致极化子的基态能量低于电子能量,且极化子基态能量随电子—声子耦合强度的增大而降低。数值计算还表明,温度较低时,声子不会被激发,极化子的基态能量不随温度而变;温度较高时,声子会被激发,导致极化子能量随温度升高而增大。     

Zeeman energy and spin relaxation in a one-electron quantum dot

We have measured the relaxation time, T1, of the spin of a single electron confined in a semiconductor quantum dot (a proposed quantum bit). In a magnetic field, applied parallel to the two-dimensional electron gas in which the quantum dot is defined, Zeeman splitting of the orbital states is directly observed by measurements of electron transport through the dot. By applying short voltage pulses, we can populate the excited spin state with one electron and monitor relaxation of the spin. We find a lower bound on T1 of 50 micros at 7.5 T, only limited by our signal-to-noise ratio. A continuous measurement of the charge on the dot has no observable effect on the spin relaxation.     

量子点中强耦合极化子的性质

采用Pekar类型的变分方法研究了抛物量子点中强耦合极化子的基态和激发态的性质。计算了基态和激发态极化子的结合能、光学声子平均数和极化子的共振频率。讨论了这些量对有效限制强度和电子 体纵光学声子耦合强度的依赖关系。结果表明:抛物量子点中极化子的共振频率、基态和激发态极化子的结合能以及光学声子平均数都随量子点的有效束缚强度的增大而减小。光学声子平均数随电子 体纵光学声子耦合强度的增加而增大。     

Coherent longitudinal-optical ground-state phonon in CdSe quantum dots triggered by ultrafast charge migration

We observe the CdSe longitudinal-optical ground-state phonon in the electron transfer system composed of CdSe quantum dots and methylviologen directly by femtosecond absorption spectroscopy. A significant phase shift indicates that the coherent oscillations are triggered by an ultrafast charge migration, which is the consequence of an electron transfer from the photoexcited quantum dot to the molecular acceptor methylviologen. In contrast, the observed coherent phonons in isolated quantum dots stem from the frequency modulation of the quantum dot excited-state spectrum. From the probe wavelength dependence of the longitudinal-optical phonons in the electronic ground state and excited state it is possible to determine a biexciton binding energy of 35?meV.     

Quantum Transition of Two-Level System in a Parabolic Quantum Dot

The time evolution of the quantum mechanical state of an electron is calculated by using variational method of Pekar type on the condition of electric-LO phonon strong coupling in a parabolic quantum dot. We obtained the eigen energies of the ground state and the first-excited state, the eigen functions of the ground state and the first-excited state this system in a quantum dot may be employed as a two-level quantum system-qubit. The supposition electron is in system’s ground state in the initial time, the electron transit from the ground state to the excited state in presence of an electric field F along the x axis. The results indicate that the electron transition probability and the oscillation period increase with decreasing the electron-LO-phonon coupling constant, increasing the electric field and the confinement length.     

Hydrogenic impurity bound polaron in a parabolic quantum dot with arbitrary electron-phonon coupling strength

A variational approach is employed to obtain the ground and the first excited state binding energies of an electron bound to a hydrogenic impurity in a polar semiconductor quantum dot (QD) with symmetric parabolic confinement in both two and three-dimensions. We perform calculations for the entire range of the electron-phonon coupling constant and the Coulomb binding parameter and for arbitrary confinement length. It is found that the binding energy of ground and first excited state is larger in a two-dimension (2D) dot than in a three-dimension (3D) dot and this trend is more pronounced with the increase of the electron-phonon coupling constant for the same value of the Coulomb binding parameter and confinement length. Furthermore, the ground and the first excited state binding energy increases with increasing the Coulomb binding parameter in both 2D and 3D QDs for the same electron-phonon coupling constant.     

Spin-flip relaxation in a two-electron quantum dot with spin-phonon coupling

We study the spin-flip process from the first excited state to the ground state due to the spin-phonon coupling in a two-electron quantum dot in the presence of a magnetic field. We give several possible relaxation channels before and after the crossing of the Zeeman sublevels. Our results show that the Coulomb interactions between the electrons of different channels play quite different roles and thus inducing different spin relaxation behaviors.     

Electron states in diluted magnetic semiconductors

One of the remarkable properties of the II–VI diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS) quantum dot (QD) is the giant Zeeman splitting of the carrier states under application of a magnetic field. This splitting reveals strong exchange interaction between the magnetic ion moment and electronic spins in the QD. A theoretical study of the electron spectrum and of its relaxation to the ground state via the emission of a longitudinal optical (LO) phonon, in a CdSe/ZnMnSe self-assembled quantum dot, is proposed in this work. Numerical calculations showed that the strength of this interaction increases as a function of the magnetic field to become more than 30 meV and allows some level crossings. We have also shown that the electron is more localized in this DMS QD and its relaxation to the ground state via the emission of one LO phonon is allowed.     

声子之间相互作用对量子点中极化子性质的影响

研究了抛物量子点中弱耦合极化子的性质。采用线性组合算符和微扰法,导出了抛物量子点中极化子的基态能量。当计及电子在反冲效应中发射和吸收不同波矢的声子之间的相互作用时,讨论了对量子点中极化子的基态能量的影响。通过数值计算,结果表明,量子点中极化子基态能量随量子点的有效受限长度的减小而迅速增大,随电子-LO声子的耦合强度的增加而减少。当l₀>1.4时,声子之间的相互作用不能忽略。     

抛物量子点中强耦合束缚极化子的性质

采用Pekar类型的变分方法研究了抛物量子点中强耦合束缚极化子的基态和激发态的性质。计算了束缚极化子的基态和激发态的能量、光学声子平均数。讨论了量子点的有效束缚强度和库仑束缚势对基态能量、激发态能量以及光学声子平均数的影响。数值计算结果表明:量子点中强耦合束缚极化子的基态和激发态能量及光学声子平均数均随量子点的有效束缚强度的增加而减小,基态、激发态能量随库仑束缚势的增加而减小,光学声子平均数随库仑束缚势的增加而增大。     

非对称量子点中电子的激发能量和跃迁谱线频率

研究了非对称量子点中与声子强耦合的电子的性质.采用线性组合算符和幺正变换方法研究非对称量子点中与声子强耦合的电子的第一内部激发态能量、激发能量和第一内部激发态到基态的跃迁谱线频率随量子点的横向和纵向有效受限长度,电子-声子耦合强度的变化关系。数值计算结果表明：非对称量子点中与声子强耦合的电子的第一内部激发态能量、激发能量和第一内部激发态到基态的跃迁谱线频率随量子点的横向和纵向有效受限长度的减小而迅速增大,表现出奇特的量子尺寸效应。非对称量子点中与声子强耦合的电子的第一内部激发态能量随电子-声子耦合强度的增加而减小。非对称量子点中与声子强耦合的电子的激发能量和第一内部激发态到基态的跃迁谱线频率随电子-声子耦合强度的增加而增大。     

An alternative method for spectrum of a two-electron-quantum dot

The subject of quantum dot has received great theoretical attention because of many attractive features they exhibit in a large class of combinations and different methods have been used. In the present work, we consider a two-electron-quantum dot, obtain the quasi-exact analytical solution of corresponding Schrödinger equation and finally calculate the ground state and the excited state energy eigenvalues of the system by considering oscillating and linear confining terms as well as a Coulomb interaction between the two electrons. The present results are useful to study the optical and magnetic properties of such structures.     

Effect of localized spins in coherent transport through quantum dots

The effect of localized spins on the quantum coherence in solids is discussed. A quantum dot with an odd number of electrons can be a model system for a localized spin. It is experimentally shown that a spin flip scattering by a quantum dot pulls the trigger of quantum decoherence. On the other hand, spin flip scattering is the basic process to construct the Kondo singlet state around a magnetic impurity. Through an interference effect of the Kondo state (the Fano–Kondo effect) in a side-coupled dot system, we show experimentally that the Kondo singlet state is quantum mechanically coherent. The analysis of the Fano–Kondo lineshape indicates the locking of the phase shift to π/2, which is in agreement with theoretical predictions. The Fano–Kondo effect is also observed in an Aharonov–Bohm ring, in which a quantum dot is embedded, and also indicates the phase shift locking to π/2.     

Theoretical exploration of ultrafast spectroscopy of small clusters

We present the ultrafast multistate nuclear dynamics involving adiabatic and nonadiabatic excited states of non-stoichiometric halide deficient clusters (Na_nF_n-1) characterized by strong ionic bonding and one-excess electron for which the “frozen ionic bonds” approximation has been justified allowing to consider the optical response of the single excess electron in the effective field of the other electrons. We combined the Wigner-Moyal representation of the vibronic density matrix with the ab initio multi state molecular dynamics in the ground and excited electronic states including the nonadiabatic couplings calculated “on the fly” at low computational demand. This method allows the simulation of femtosecond pump-probe and pump-dump signals based on an analytical formulation, which utilizes temperature dependent ground state initial conditions, an ensemble of trajectories carried out on the electronic excited state as well as on the ground state after the passage through the conical intersection in the case of nonadiabatic dynamics and for probing either in the cationic state or in the ground state. The choice of the systems we presented has been made in order to determine the timescales of the fast geometric relaxation leaving the bonding frame intact as during the dynamics in the first excited state of Na₄F₃, and of the bond breaking processes leading to conical intersection between the first excited state and the ground state as in Na₃F₂. The former is the smallest finite system prototype for an surface F-center of bulk color centers. The latter allows to study the photo isomerization in full complexity taking into account all degrees of freedom. In the case of Na₄F₃ after the fast geometric relaxation in the excited state leading to deformed cuboidal structure without breaking of bonds, different types of internal vibrational redistribution (IVR) processes have been identified in pump-dump signals by tuning the dump laser. In contrast, from the analysis of the pump-probe signals of Na₃F₂ cluster, the timescales for the metallic and the ionic bond breaking, as well as for the passage through conical intersection have been determined. Finally the conditions under which these processes can be experimentally observed have been identified. Received 22 December 2000