非对称量子点中强耦合束缚磁极化子的基态寿命

采用线性组合算符和幺正变换方法,研究了非对称量子点中电子和体纵光学声子强耦合下束缚磁极化子的性质.得到了非对称量子点中强耦合束缚磁极化子的基态能量.讨论了量子点横向和纵向受限长度.磁极化子基态能量,电子-声子耦合强度和外界温度对磁极化子基态寿命的影响.由于电子-声子相互作用和外界温度的影响导致了量子体系的跃迁,即磁极化子吸收了声子的能量由摹态跃迁到激发态,造成极化子在基态的寿命发生变化.通过计算发现束缚磁极化子基态寿命随基态能量的增加而变大,随电子-声子耦合强度,量子点横向和纵向受限长度,外界温度的增加而变小.     

磁场对非对称量子点中弱耦合极化子的相互作用能的影响

采用改进的线性组合算符和幺正变换相结合的方法,研究磁场、量子点的横向和纵向有效受限长度和电子-声子耦合强度对非对称量子点中弱耦合磁极化子的振动频率和相互作用能的影响.导出了振动频率和相互作用能随量子点的横向和纵向有效受限长度、电子-声子耦合强度和磁场的回旋共振频率的变化关系.数值计算结果表明:振动频率和相互作用能随量子点的横向和纵向有效受限长度的减小而迅速增大,随磁场的回旋共振频率的增加而增大,相互作用能随电子-声子耦合强度的减小而呈线性的增大.     

电-声子耦合强度对量子点系统噪声的影响

利用Lang-Firsov正则变换和Keldysh非平衡格林函数方法研究了低温下具有电子-声子相互作用的量子点系统的噪声.我们特别注意了电-声子耦合强度的变化对量子点系统噪声的影响.数值结果表明:随着电-声子耦合强度的增大,系统的噪声增大,同时微分噪声谱中会出现一系列的声子伴带峰,峰的高度和数目对电-声子耦合强度的变化非常敏感.我们也研究了系统的Fano因子,它显示系统噪声对肖特基(Schottky)公式的偏离.在高偏压区,Fano因子随着电-声子耦合强度的增大而增大.     

低维纳米材料量子热输运与自旋热电性质 ——非平衡格林函数方法的应用

低维材料不断涌现的新奇性质吸引着科学研究者的目光. 除了电子的量子输运行为之外, 人们也陆续发现和确认了热输运中显著的量子行为, 如 热导低温量子化、声子子带、尺寸效应、瓶颈效应等. 这些小尺度体系的热输运性质可以很好地用非平衡格林函数来描述. 本文首先介绍了量子热输运的特性、声子非平衡格林函数方法及其在低维纳米材料中的研究进展; 其次回顾了近年来在 一系列低维材料中发现的热-自旋输运现象. 这些自旋热学现象展现了全新的热电转换机制, 有助于设计新型的热电转换器件, 同时也给出了用热产生自旋流的新途径; 最后介绍了线性响应理论以及在此理论框架下结合声子、电子非平衡格林函数方法进行的一些有益的探索. 量子热输运的研究对热效应基础研究以及声子学器件、能量转换器件的发展有着不可替代的重要作用.     

电-声子耦合强度对量子点系统噪声的影响

利用Lang-Firsov正则变换和Keldysh非平衡格林函数方法研究了低温下具有电子-声子相互作用的量子点系统的噪声。我们特别注意了电-声子耦合强度的变化对量子点系统噪声的影响。数值结果表明：随着电-声子耦合强度的增大,系统的噪声增大,同时微分噪声谱中会出现一系列的声子伴带峰,峰的高度和数目对电-声子耦合强度的变化非常敏感。我们也研究了系统的Fano因子,它显示系统噪声对肖特基(Schottky)公式的偏离。在高偏压区,Fano因子随着电-声子耦合强度的增大而增大。     

电子-声子相互作用对柱形量子线中光学克尔效应的影响

本文利用密度矩阵方法研究了柱形量子线中的光学克尔效应, 重点讨论了电子-声子相互作用对其的影响，并以GaAs量子线为例进行了数值计算。结果显示，随着量子线半径R0的减小，光学克尔效应会逐渐增强；考虑了电子-声子相互作用时的光学克尔效应比未考虑电子-声子相互作用时的大20%多；量子线半径R0越小，峰越尖锐，峰值越强；当量子线半径R0大〖WTBZ〗于40 nm时，峰会逐渐消失.     

极化子效应对ZnS/CdSe柱型核壳量子点简并四波混频过程的影响

理论计算了带有极化子效应的ZnS/CdSe柱型核壳结构量子点简并四波混频的三阶极化率.在有效质量近似下,采用无限深势阱模型,导出了带有极化子效应的柱型量子点的三阶非线性光学极化率的解析表达式,解三维薛定谔方程得到电子的本征能量和波函数.分析了电子-LO声子和电子-IO声子相互作用对ZnS/CdSe核壳结构量子点简并四波混频的三阶极化率的影响.结果表明,当量子点尺寸一定时,带有极化子效应的χ(3)DFWM比没有极化子时的三阶极化率提高了近3个数量级,并且电子-LO声子的影响比电子-IO声子的影响大得多;当固定核壳量子点的阱宽而内外半径发生变化时,χ(3)DFWM的峰值随之变化,而且极化子效应影响的大小也随之发生变化.     

声子之间的相互作用对量子线中磁极化子性质的影响

研究了量子线中弱耦合磁极化子的性质.采用线性组合算符和微扰法导出量子线中弱耦合磁极化子的基态能量.在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,讨论了量子线的受限强度、电子-LO声子耦合强度和声子之间相互作用对量子线中弱耦合磁极化子的基态能量的影响.数值计算结果表明:量子线中弱耦合磁极化子的基态能量随量子线的受限强度ω₀的增大而迅速增大.当受限强度ω₀取相同值时,电子-声子耦合强度α越大基态能量E₀越小,磁场的回旋频率ω_e越大基态能量E₀越大.在弱磁场情况下,当ω₀<0.5时,随着量子线的受限强度ω₀的减少p值迅速增大,即对于弱磁场声子之间相互作用的影响不能忽略.     

含双T形量子结构的量子波导中声学声子输运和热导

采用散射矩阵方法, 研究了含双T形量子结构的量子波导中声学声子输运和热导性质. 结果表明: 在极低温度, 双T形量子结构能增强低温热导; 相反地, 在相对较高的温度范围, 双T形量子结构能降低低温热导. 而在整个低温范围内, 增加散射区域最窄处的宽度能增强低温热导. 计算结果表明可以通过调节含双T形量子结构的量子波导结构来调控声子的输运概率和热导. 关键词： 声学声子输运 热导 量子结构     

电声子相互作用对量子点分子中单电子隧穿的影响

研究了双量子点系统中的电子隧穿动力学过程，在考虑电子与声子相互作用的情况下用基于 正则变换的微扰方法解析地得到了电子动态隧穿电流的表达式. 并且详细分析电子与声子耦 合引起的退相干问题，在此基础上指出了可能的退耦机理. 关键词： 电声子相互作用 双量子点 隧穿     

Phonon-assisted thermoelectric effects in strongly interacting quantum dot

The joint effects of the electron-phonon interaction and Kondo effect on the charge and heat transport through a single molecule transistor are investigated by applying the improved canonical transformation and noncrossing approximation technique. We find that the electron-phonon interaction decreases the conductance, thermopower and the Wiedemann-Franz law in the Kondo regime due to the splitting and the decreasing of the main Kondo peak. However, the thermoelectric figure of merit achieves enhancement with the electron-phonon coupling strength increasing. In addition, the dip value of the thermopower at the Kondo temperature for the different electron-phonon coupling strength can give a straightforward reliable estimate of the electron-phonon coupling strength.     

Enhancement of charge and spin Seebeck effect in triple quantum dots coupling to ferromagnetic and superconducting electrodes

We theoretically study the thermoelectric transport properties through a triple quantum dots (QDs) device with the central QD coupled to a ferromagnetic lead, a superconducting one, and two side QDs with spin-dependent interdot tunneling coupling. The thermoelectric coefficients are calculated in the linear response regime by means of nonequilibrium Green's function method. The thermopower is determined by the single-electron tunneling processes at the edge of superconducting gap. Near the outside of the gap edge the thermopower is enhanced while thermal conductance is suppressed, as a result, the charge figure of merit can be greatly improved as the gap appropriately increases. In the same way, charge figure of merit also can be greatly improved near the outside of the gap edge by adjusting interdot tunneling coupling and asymmetry coupling of the side QDs to central QD. Moreover, the appropriate increase of the interdot tunneling splitting and spin polarization of ferromagnetic lead not only can improve charge thermopower and charge figure of merit, but also can enhance spin thermopower and spin figure of merit. Especially, the interdot tunneling splitting scheme provides a method of controlling charge (spin) figure merit by external magnetic field.     

Thermoelectric effect in a serial two-quantum-dot

We study the thermoelectric effect in a serial-coupled two quantum dots (QDs) device in the Coulomb blockade regime. The electrical conductance, the thermal conductance, the thermopower, and the thermoelectrical figure of merit are calculated by using the Green's function method. It is found that the energy levels of the two dots are split into a series of molecular states, where the electrical and the thermal conductances show resonance peaks. These peaks in the electrical conductance are eliminated by the increase of the temperature, while those in the thermal conductance are enhanced because of the bipolar effect. In quite high temperature regime, the figure of merit has two huge peaks with maximums exceeding 20 in the vicinity of the electron-hole symmetry point. The magnitude of the figure of merit will be suppressed for unequal dots' levels, but is enhanced by the asymmetry of the dot-lead coupling strengths.     

Thermoelectric transport properties through a T-shaped single quantum dot

We study the thermopower, thermal conductance, electric conductance and the thermoelectric figure of merit for a gate-defined T-shaped single quantum dot (QD). The QD is solved in the limit of strong Coulombian repulsion U→∞, inside the dot, and the quantum wire is modeled on a tight-binding linear chain. We employ the X-boson approach for the Anderson impurity model to describe the localized level within the quantum dot. Our results are in qualitative agreement with recent experimental reports and other theoretical researches for the case of a quantum dot embedded into a conduction channel, employing analogies between the two systems. The results for the thermopower sign as a function of the gate voltage (associated with the quantum dot energy) are in agreement with a recent experimental result obtained for a suspended quantum dot. The thermoelectric figure of merit times temperature results indicates that, at low temperatures and in the crossover between the intermediate valence and Kondo regimes, the system might have practical applicability in the development of thermoelectric devices.     

Large spin figure of merit in a double quantum dot coupled to noncollinear ferromagnetic electrodes

The spin thermoelectric effects are studied in a Rashba double quantum dot (QD) attached to ferromagnetic leads with noncollinear magnetic moments. The spin conductance G(s), spin thermopower S(s), electron thermal conductance κ(el) and spin thermoelectric figure of merit Z(s)T are calculated by using Green's function method. We find that the magnitude of the spin figure of merit can be remarkably enhanced by the coexistence of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction in the QDs and the leads' spin polarization, and can reach even as high as 3 by optimizing the parameters of the structure. The angle between the leads' magnetic moments can act as a powerful means to manipulate the properties of the spin figure of merit.     

Impurities-contributed abnormal thermoelectric effect in a parallel double quantum dot structure

We discuss the influence of local impurities on the thermoelectric effect in a parallel double quantum dot (QD) structure. It is first found that in this structure, the Fano effect contributes significantly to the enhancement of thermoelectric efficiency, especially in the case of ϕ = π. Next, impurities are introduced to couple to the QDs, respectively. We readily find that regardless of which QD is coupled to a local impurity, the thermoelectric efficiency can be enhanced by the strengthening of impurity–QD coupling. This means that the destruction of the Fano interference is not the necessary condition to suppress the thermoelectric effect. Accordingly, we hope that the numerical results can help to understand the role of impurities in adjusting the thermoelectric properties of the QD structure.     

Thermospin effects in parallel coupled double quantum dots in the presence of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction and Zeeman splitting

The thermoelectric and the thermospin transport properties,including electrical conductivity,Seebeck coefficient,thermal conductivity,and thermoelectric figure of merit,of a parallel coupled double-quantum-dot Aharonov-Bohm interferometer are investigated by means of the Green function technique.The periodic Anderson model is used to describe the quantum dot system,the Rashba spin-orbit interaction and the Zeeman splitting under a magnetic field are considered.The theoretical results show the constructive contribution of the Rashba effect and the influence of the magnetic field on the thermospin effects.We also show theoretically that material with a high figure of merit can be obtained by tuning the Zeeman splitting energy only.     

Thermospin effects in parallel coupled double quantum dots in the presence of the Rashba spinben orbit interaction and Zeeman splitting

The thermoelectric and the thermospin transport properties, including electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, thermal conductivity, and thermoelectric figure of merit, of a parallel coupled double-quantum-dot Aharonov-Bohm interferometer are investigated by means of the Green function technique. The periodic Anderson model is used to describe the quantum dot system, the Rashba spin-orbit interaction and the Zeeman splitting under a magnetic field are considered. The theoretical results show the constructive contribution of the Rashba effect and the influence of the magnetic field on the thermospin effects. We also show theoretically that material with a high figure of merit can be obtained by tuning the Zeeman splitting energy only.     

Thermoelectric effects in a double quantum dot system weakly coupled to ferromagnetic leads

Thermoelectric effects through a serial double quantum dot system weakly coupled to ferromagnetic leads are analyzed. Formal expressions of electrical conductance, thermal conductance, and thermal coefficient are obtained by means of Hubbard operators. The results show that although the thermopower is independent of the polarization of the leads, the figure of merit is reduced by an increase of polarization. The influences of temperature and interdot tunneling on the figure of merit are also investigated, and it is observed that increase of the interdot tunneling strength results in reduction of the figure of merit. The effect of temperature on the thermal conductance is also analyzed.     

Thermoelectric effects through weakly coupled double quantum dots

The electrical conductance, the thermal conductance, the thermopower and the thermoelectrical figure of merit are analyzed through a double quantum dot system weakly coupled to metal electrodes, by means of density matrix approach. The effects of interdot tunneling, intra- and interdot Coulomb repulsions on the figure of merit are examined. Results show that increase of interdot tunneling gives rise to a reduction in figure of merit. On the other hand, increase of Coulomb repulsion results in enhancement of figure of merit because of reduce of bipolar effect.