Electronic states in a step quantum well in a magnetic field

The quantum states and energy spectrum of an electron in a rectangular step quantum well in a magnetic field parallel to the plane of two-dimensional electronic gas are investigated. It is shown that the joint effect of a magnetic field and confining potential of quantum well results in radical change of the electron energy spectrum. The energy dependencies on the parameters of the quantum well and magnetic field induction are investigated. Numerical calculations are carried out for an AlAs/ GaAlAs/ GaAs/ AlAs step quantum well.     

Electronic transport properties of the Ising quantum Hall ferromagnet in a Si quantum well

Magnetotransport properties are investigated for a high mobility Si two-dimensional electron system in the vicinity of a Landau level crossing point. At low temperatures, the resistance peak having a strong anisotropy shows large hysteresis which is attributed to Ising quantum Hall ferromagnetism. The peak is split into two peaks in the paramagnetic regime. A mean field calculation for the peak positions indicates that electron scattering is strong when the pseudospin is partially polarized. We also study the current-voltage characteristics which exhibit a wide voltage plateau.     

Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in a ring with a quantum well

Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in a ring with a quantum well are investigated in the ballistic regime. It is shown that when trajectories with multiple circuits around the ring are taken into account, the maxima in the conductivity correspond to resonance levels of an isolated ring. The results obtained are in qualitative agreement with the experiment performed by Yakoby, Heiblum, Mahalu, and Shtrikman [Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 4047 (1995)]: Although the scattering phase of an electron scattered by a quantum well changes by π on passage through each resonance, the Aharonov-Bohm curves for the centers of neighboring resonances are identical. In the simplified interpretation employed by Yakoby et al. the latter result looks like an identical scattering phase in neighboring resonances. Pis’ma Zh. ωksp. Teor. Fiz. 66, No. 9, 605–610 (10 November 1997)     

On the density of electronic states in a quantum well of an anharmonic solid under a perpendicular magnetic field

For the first time, given an anharmonic solid as an atomic array of quantum Morse oscillators, the electronic density of states per unit area in an ideal one-dimensional quantum well under a perpendicular, time-independent, uniform magnetic field is calculated. From this result, some aspects related to the classical limit are discussed.     

An exciton in a quantum well in the presence of crossed electric and magnetic fields

An analytical approach to the problem of the Wannier–Mott exciton in a semiconductor quantum well (QW) in the presence of external magnetic and electric fields is developed. The magnetic field is taken to lie in the heteroplanes while the electric field is directed perpendicular to the heteroplanes. Explicit dependencies of the energy levels and wave-functions of the exciton on the magnitudes of the fields for a wide range of the width of the QW are obtained. For the narrow QW, the results are valid for arbitrary electron and hole effective masses. In the case of intermediate and wide QWs, the adiabatic approximation implying the extreme difference of the electron and hole masses is used. In the intermediate QW, the states of the relative motion are the standard Coulomb states affected by the external fields while the states of the centre of mass are the size-quantized states in the QW. We focus particularly on the delocalized states caused by the external electric field and the motion of the excitons centre of mass in the magnetic field. These states are localized far away from the Coulomb centre. A strong influence of the boundaries of the wide QW on the delocalized exciton states is found to occur. Estimates of the expected values are made using typical parameters associated with GaAs QW.     

Thermally induced magnetic flux in a superconducting ring

The thermally induced magnetic flux in a bi-metallic superconducting loop of Nb and Ta has been measured and compared with theory. The predicted logarithmic divergence of the flux near the T_c of Ta is found, however the magnitude of the flux is larger than predicted.     

Electronic and optical properties of a nanoring in the presence of external magnetic field

Optical properties of a nanoring with Winternitz–Smorodinsky confinement potential in the presence of an external magnetic field have been studied theoretically. Our results demonstrate that energy, oscillator strength and the linear, nonlinear and total absorption are strongly affected by size of the nanoring. Also, we found that magnetic field has little influence on energy difference, oscillator strength and optical absorption of the nanoring.     

Magnetic quantum oscillations in a monolayer graphene under a perpendicular magnetic field

The de Haas-van Alphen(dHvA) oscillations of electronic magnetization in a monolayer graphene with structureinduced spin-orbit interaction(SOI) are studied.The results show that the dHvA oscillating centre in this system deviates from the well known(zero) value in a conventional two-dimensional electron gas.The inclusion of SOI will change the well-defined sawtooth pattern of magnetic quantum oscillations and result in a beating pattern.In addition,the SOI effects on Hall conductance and magnetic susceptibility are also discussed.     

Conductance of a quantum ring with spin-orbit interaction in the presence of an impurity

The conductance of a quantum ring has been calculated on the basis of the tunneling Hamiltonian in the quasiballistic regime of the motion of electrons with allowance for the spin-orbit interaction. The effect of the scattering of electrons by a single short-range interacting impurity in the quantum ring on the tunneling electron current is analyzed. Two types of impurities, spinless and paramagnetic, are considered. The conductance symmetry is discussed for various electron-spin orientations with respect to change in the sign of the magnetic flux through the quantum ring.     

Characteristics of transmission of electrons in a quantum wire tangentially attached to a superconductor ring threaded by magnetic flux

We present numerical investigations of the transmission properties of electrons in a normal quantum wire tangentially attached to a superconductor ring threaded by magnetic flux. A point scatterer with a δ -function potential is placed at node to model scattering effect. We find that the transmission characteristics of electrons in this structure strongly depend on the normal or superconducting state of the ring. The transmission probability as a function of the energy of incident electrons, in the case of a superconductor ring threaded by one quantum magnetic flux, emerges one deep dip, imposed upon the first broad bump in spectrum. This intrinsic conductance dip originates from the superconductor state of the ring. When increasing the magnetic flux from one quantum magnetic flux to two, the spectrum shifts toward higher energy region in the whole. This conductance dip accordingly shifts and appears in the second bump. In the presence of a point-scatterer at the node, the spectrum is substantially modified. Based on the condition of the formation of the standing wave functions in the ring and the broken of the time-reserve symmetry of Schr?dinger equation after switching magnetic flux, the characteristics of transmission of electrons in this structure can be well understood. Received 6 November 2001     

Optical absorption and magnetotransport in quantum wires in a perpendicular magnetic field

A periodic array of δ function potentials are used to simulate the potential barriers between quantum wires in the presence or absence of lattice site dislocation. The exact eigenenergies and eigenfunctions are found by employing a numerical diagonalization procedure. Based on these results, a self-consistent field theory is derived for the mid-infrared absorption coefficient of the system. The crossover from a cyclotron mode to two tunneling coupled modes and finally to edge and 1D lattice magnetoplasmon modes with increasing modulation strength is investigated. The magnetic field enhanced and suppressed electron tunneling, associated with the evolution to cyclotron modes at strong magnetic fields passing through the formation of tunneling coupled modes, is observed. The edge mode excitation energy oscillates as a function of the electron density. These oscillations correspond to a soft or hard potential wall for which the electron states are extended or localized, respectively. The displacement of the 1D lattice magnetoplasmon modes under strong modulation is found to be periodic and corresponds to the evolution from a complex unit cell which is composed of one narrow and one wide quantum wire to a simple unit cell containing only one quantum wire. The magnetoresistivities and the associated conductivities are also calculated for the lateral surface superlattice. At strong potential modulation there is a giant peak in the Hall conductivity and many peaks in its resistivity in the quantum regime. With strong modulation, the suppression of the transverse conductivity along with oscillations in its resistivity are obtained.     

Tuning of exciton states in a magnetic quantum ring

The exciton states in a CdTe quantum ring subjected to an external magnetic field containing a single magnetic impurity are investigated. We have used the multiband approximation which includes the heavy hole–light hole coupling effects. The electron–hole spin interactions and the s, p–d interactions between the electron, the hole and the magnetic impurity are also included. The exciton energy levels and optical transitions are evaluated using the exact diagonalization scheme. We show that due to the spin interactions it is possible to change the bright exciton state into the dark state and vice versa with the help of a magnetic field. We propose a new route to experimentally estimate the s, p–d spin interaction constants.     

CdSe/HgSe/CdSe量子点量子阱(QDQW)晶粒的光学性质和电子结构

以CdSe纳米晶体为核,用胶体化学的方法,通过化学替代反应,获得了不同阱层或不同垒层的CdSeHgSeCdSe量子点量子阱(QDQW)晶体.紫外可见光吸收谱研究表明,通过调节QDQW中间HgSe阱层的厚度从0.9nm至0,可以调节QDQW颗粒的带隙从1.8变化至2.1eV,实现QDQW纳米晶体的剪裁.光致荧光(PL)谱研究显示,QDQW形成后,CdSeHgSe纳米颗粒表面态得到钝化,显现出发光强度加强的带边荧光峰.利用有效质量近似模型,对QDQW晶粒内部电子的1s—1s态进行了估算,估算结果总体趋势与实验数据相符 关键词： 量子点量子阱晶体 能带剪裁 加强的带边荧光峰     

周期永磁环爆磁压缩发生器

首次提出了利用周期永磁环做初始能源的螺旋型爆磁压缩发生器,该结构由4节永磁环正反排到组成。阐述了这种周期永磁环爆磁压缩发生器的结构及其特点,并利用等效电路模型分析了轴线起爆周期永磁环爆磁压缩发生器的磁通变化规律和爆磁压缩过程,得到了基本的电流变化关系。 分析及数值计算结果表明：这种周期永磁环爆磁压缩发生器能够实现电流放大,在磁化电流为0.13 MA,磁化回路负载电感为1.0 μH条件下,最终输出电流可达0.16 MA。周期永磁环可以作为爆磁压缩发生器的初始能源,这种概念设计值得进行进一步的实验探索。