On the possibility of implementation of Kohn’s theorem in the case of ellipsoidal quantum dots

An electron gas in a strongly oblated ellipsoidal quantum dot with impenetrable walls is considered. Influence of the walls of the quantum dot is assumed to be so strong in the direction of the minor axis (the OZ axis) that the Coulomb interaction between electrons in this direction can be neglected and considered as two-dimensional, coupled. On the basis of geometric adiabaticity we show that in the case of a few-particle gas a powerful repulsive potential of the quantum dot walls has a parabolic form and localizes the dot in the geometric center of the structure. Due to this fact, conditions occur to implement the generalized Kohn theorem for this system.     

Parameter-tunable doublet–quadruplet transition in a three-electron quantum dot

A three-electron quantum dot under an external magnetic field was studied. A number of phase diagrams have been obtained to demonstrate how the variation of the magnetic field and/or the parameters of confinement would lead to the occurrence of doublet–quadruplet transitions. Both the confinement with parabolic potential and the square well potential have been considered. We show that the parameters of confinement alter the ground state of the quantum dot from a spin doublet to a spin quadruplet. This result indicates that the quantum dot can be used as a good candidate for qubit of a quantum computer.     

Two interacting electrons in a Gaussian confining potential quantum dot

Two interacting electrons in a Gaussian confining potential quantum dot are considered under the influence of a perpendicular homogeneous magnetic field. The energy levels of the low-lying states are calculated as a function of magnetic field. Calculations are made by using the method of few-body physics within the effective-mass approximation. A ground state behavior (singlet→triplet state transitions) as a function of the strength of a magnetic field has been found in the weak confinement case as a two-electron quantum dot with parabolic confining potential.     

Effects of anisotropy and magnetic fields on the specific heat of a quasi-two-dimensional Boltzmann gas in an elliptical parabolic quantum dot

We investigate the effects due to anisotropy and magnetic field interaction for a quasi-two-dimensional Boltzmann gas in an elliptical parabolic quantum dot. The specific heat is studied with varying temperature, anisotropy, and magnetic field strength. The cases without and with the inclusion of the spin Zeeman interaction are considered.     

Vertical magneto-tunneling through a quantum dot and the density of states of small electronic systems

One-electron tunneling through a quantum dot with a strong magnetic field in the direction of the current is studied. The linear magneto-conductance is computed for a model parabolic dot with seven electrons in the intermediate states and for different values of the magnetic field. It is shown that the dot density of states at low excitation energies can be extracted from a precise measurement of the conductance at the upper edge of the Coulomb blockade diamond. We parametrized the density of states with a single “temperature” parameter (in the so called “constant temperature approximation”), and found that this parameter depends very weakly on the magnetic field.     

Impurity related optical properties in tuned quantum dot/ring systems

In this paper, we explore the linear, third-order nonlinear, and total optical absorption coefficient (OAC) and refractive index change coefficient (RICC) of a GaAs doped quantum dot/quantum ring (QD/QR) with parabolic-inverse squared potential in conjunction with modified Gaussian confinement and taking into account the presence of on-centre shallow donor and or acceptor impurity. Calculations are done via the compact density matrix formalism and the iterative method. The two-dimensional parabolic QD/QR is subjected to uniform magnetic field oriented perpendicularly to the plane of the structure. The energy levels and wave function are derived within the framework of effective-mass and parabolic band approximation. The results exhibit that the OACs and RICC are clearly affected by different parameters of the applied confinement, strength of magnetic field, and the presence of impurity. The variation of confinement potential, nature of impurity, dot radius, cyclotron frequency of the parabolic confinement potential, and geometric parameter of the on-centre repulsive potential lead to either a red-shift or a blue-shift of the resonant peaks of the OACs and of the maximum and minimum of the RICC together with significant variations of the magnitudes of these resonant structures.     

Impurity states in a cylindrical quantum dot with the modified Pöschl-Teller potential

We study impurity states in a cylindrical quantum dot with two confining potentials: in the direction of cylinder axis modified Pöschl-Teller potential and in radial direction parabolic potential. Studies of impurity states are performed in the frames of variational method and by using numerical methods, the dependences of the particle energy on the geometrical parameters of the cylindrical quantum dot are derived. Dependences of the electron binding energy on the half-width and depth of the potential wall are revealed.     

A Negative Donor Center Trapped by a Spherical Quantum Dot

The properties of the low-lying states of a negative donor center trapped by a spherical quantum dot, which is subjected to a parabolic potential confinement, are investigated in the absence of magnetic field. The calculations have been performed by means of the exact diagonalization of the Hamiltonian matrix within the effective-mass approximation. We find that there is only one bound state the D^- center in a spherical parabolic quantum dot in the absence of magnetic field. The binding energy of the ground state is obtained as a function of the dot size. Moreover, the critical confined potential radius value at which the negative donor center changes from unbound to bound is obtained.     

Intense laser effects on nonlinear optical absorption and optical rectification in single quantum wells under applied electric and magnetic field

In this work the effects of intense laser on the electron-related nonlinear optical absorption and nonlinear optical rectification in GaAs-Ga_1−xAl_xAs quantum wells are studied under, applied electric and magnetic field. The electric field is applied along the growth direction of the quantum well whereas the magnetic field has been considered to be in-plane. The calculations were performed within the density matrix formalism with the use of the effective mass and parabolic band approximations. The intense laser effects are included through the Floquet method, by modifying the confining potential associated to the heterostructure. Results are presented for the nonlinear optical absorption, the nonlinear optical rectification and the resonant peak of these two optical processes. Several configurations of the dimensions of the quantum well, the applied electric and magnetic fields, and the incident intense laser radiation have been considered. The outcome of the calculation suggests that the nonlinear optical absorption and optical rectification are non-monotonic functions of the dimensions of the heterostructure and of the external perturbations considered in this work.     

Electronic states of quantum dots: beyond the 2D parabolic model

The quantum states of interacting electrons in a quantum dot in a magnetic field are calculated and the effects of corrections to the 2D parabolic model are examined. The quantum states are obtained by a new method which involves three steps: first the electrostatic potential of the device is obtained from a solution of the Poisson equation, next this potential is used together with a combination of variational and Hartree–Fock calculations to obtain an orthogonal basis whose low-lying states are localised in the region of the dot and finally this basis is used to perform an exact diagonalization. Special attention is paid to the effect of motion perpendicular to the ideal 2D plane and the effect of screening of the Coulomb interaction by metallic electrodes close to the dot. Both effects result in a weakened effective interaction and increase the magnetic fields at which ground-state transitions occur.     

Spin magnetic moment current of impurity electron in a spherical quantum dot

Current of the spin magnetic moment of an electron coupled with hydrogen-like impurity, placed in the center of a spherical quantum dot, is studied. Confinement potential of the quantum dot is approximated by rectangular infinitely high walls. S-states of electron for both positive and negative values of total energy are considered. Dependences of spin magnetic moment current of electron on the radial variable for different values of dot radius are obtained. It is shown that for quantum dots with large radius, due to weakening of size-quantization effect, corresponding curves approach each other.     

Magneto-dimensional resonance. Pseudospin phase and hidden quantum number

The Schrödinger operator for a spinless charge inside a layer with parabolic confinement profile and homogeneous magnetic field is considered. The Lorentz (cyclotron) and the confinement frequencies are assumed to be equal to each other. After inclination of the layer normal from the magnetic field direction there appears a pseudospin su(2)-field removing the resonance degeneracy of Landau levels. Under deviations of the layer surface from the plane shape, a longitudinal geometric current is created. In circulations around surface warping, there is a nontrivial quantum phase transition generated by an element of the π₁-homotopy group and a hidden degree of freedom (spectral degeneracy) associated with a “charge” of geometric poles on the layer. The quantization rule contains an additional parity index related to the algebraic number of geometric poles and the Landau level number. The resonance pseudospin phase-shift represents an example of general Aharonov–Bohm type topologic phenomena in quantum (semiclassical or adiabatic) systems with delta-function singularities in symplectic structure.     

Impurity states of narrow-gap semiconductor parabolic quantum dot in the presence of extremely strong magnetic field

The impurity states in a narrow-gap semiconductor parabolic quantum dot in the presence of external extremely strong magnetic field are considered in adiabatic approximation framework. Moreover, the dispersion law for impurity electron is described by using the Kane's two-band approximation. The effective one-dimensional equation describing the impurity electron's state along the field is obtained. The analytical expressions for total and binding energies of impurity ground state are obtained. The dependences of total and binding energies of impurity on the value of magnetic field and on the size of quantum dot are investigated.     

Excitons in cylindrical GaAs–Ga1−xAlxAs quantum dots under applied electric field

The exciton binding energy and photoluminescence energy transition in a GaAs-Ga_1−xAl_xAs cylindrical quantum dot are studied with the use of the effective mass approximation and a variational calculation procedure. The influence of these properties on the application of an electric field along the growth direction of the cylinder is particularly considered. It is shown that for zero applied field the binding energy and the photoluminescence energy transition are decreasing functions of the quantum dot radius and height. Given a fixed geometric configuration, both quantities then become decreasing functions of the electric field strength as well.     

Nonlinear optical absorption and optical rectification in near-surface double quantum wells: combined effects of electric, magnetic fields and hydrostatic pressure

The theoretical study of the combined effects of electric and magnetic fields and hydrostatic pressure on the nonlinear optical absorption and rectification is presented for electrons confined within an asymmetrical GaAs?Ga_1-x Alx As double quantum well. The effective mass, parabolic band, and envelope function approaches are used as tools for the investigation. The electric field is taken to be oriented along the growth direction of the heterostructure and the magnetic field is applied parallel to the interfaces of the quantum wells. The pressure-induced mixing between the two lowest conduction bands is considered both in the low and high pressure regimes. According to the results obtained it can be concluded that the nonlinear optical absorption and rectification coefficients depend in a non-trivial way on some internal and external parameters such as the size of the quantum wells, the direction of applied electric field, the magnitude of hydrostatic pressure, the stoichiometry of the wells and barriers, and the intensity of the applied magnetic field.     

Interband absorption and exciton binding energy in an inverse parabolic quantum well under the magnetic field

We have investigated the effects of the magnetic field which is applied perpendicular to the growth direction of the well on the interband absorption and on the binding energy of the excitons in an GaAs/Ga1−xAlxAs inverse parabolic quantum well (IPQW) with different widths as well as different Al concentrations at the well center. The calculations were performed within the effective mass approximation, using a variational method. We observe that IPQW structure turns into parabolic quantum well with the inversion effect of the magnetic field and the effective band gap of the system can be modified by changing Al concentration at the well center, the strength of the magnetic field and well dimensions. This case directly influences the nature of electronic and optical properties in this structure.     

The nonlinear optical properties of a magneto-exciton in a strained Ga_(0.2)In_(0.8)As/GaAs quantum dot

The magnetic field-dependent heavy hole excitonic states in a strained Ga0.2In0.8As/GaAs quantum dot are investigated by taking into account the anisotropy,non-parabolicity of the conduction band,and the geometrical confinement.The strained quantum dot is considered as a parabolic dot of InAs embedded in a GaAs barrier material.The dependence of the effective excitonic g-factor as a function of dot radius and the magnetic field strength is numerically measured.The interband optical transition energy as a function of geometrical confinement is computed in the presence of a magnetic field.The magnetic field-dependent oscillator strength of interband transition under the geometrical confinement is studied.The exchange enhancements as a function of dot radius are observed for various magnetic field strengths in a strained Ga0.2In0.8As/GaAs quantum dot.Heavy hole excitonic absorption spectra,the changes in refractive index,and the third-order susceptibility of third-order harmonic generation are investigated in the Ga0.2In0.8As/GaAs quantum dot.The result shows that the effect of magnetic field strength is more strongly dependent on the nonlinear optical property in a low-dimensional semiconductor system.     

抛物量子点中弱耦合磁极化子的振动频率和相互作用能

采用改进的线性组合算符和幺正变换方法研究磁场中抛物量子点弱耦合磁极化子的性质,导出抛物量子点中磁极化子的振动频率和相互作用能与磁场、受限强度和电子声子耦合强度的关系.对GaAs晶体进行数值计算,结果表明,量子点受限强度越大,量子点弱耦合磁极化子的振动频率和相互作用能越大.     

Impurity-related electronic properties in quantum dots under electric and magnetic fields

This paper presents a systematic study of the ground-state binding energies of a hydrogenic impurity in quantum dots subjected to external electric and magnetic fields.The quantum dot is modeled by superposing a lateral parabolic potential,a Gaussian potential and the energies are calculated via the finite-difference method within the effectivemass approximation.The variation of the binding energy with the lateral confinement,external field,position of the impurity,and quantum-size is studied in detail.All these factors lead to complicated binding energies of the donor,and the following results are found:(1) the binding energies of the donor increase with the increasing magnetic strength and lateral confinement,and reduce with the increasing electric strength and the dot size;(2) there is a maximum value of the binding energies as the impurity placed in different positions along the z direction;(3) the electric field destroys the symmetric behaviour of the donor binding energies as the position of the impurity.     

抛物量子点中强耦合束缚磁极化子的性质

采用Pekar类型的变分方法研究了抛物量子点中强耦合束缚磁极化子的基态和激发态的性质.计算了束缚磁极化子的基态和激发态的能量、光学声子平均数以及束缚磁极化子的共振频率.讨论了这些量对回旋频率和有效束缚强度以及库仑束缚势的依赖关系.数值计算结果表明:量子点中强耦合束缚磁极化子的基态能量和共振频率以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,基态能量随库仑束缚势的增加而减小,随回旋频率的增加而增大.