Rectification Effect of the Heat Generation by Electric Current in a Quantum Dot Molecular

We study the heat generation by an electric current in a quantum dot （QD） molecular coupled to a single-model phonon bath in the Coulomb blockade regime. It is found that when the system is driven out of equilibrium by the thermal bias applied across the two terminals of the structure, the heat flowing between the QD and the phonon bath can be very small for one direction of the thermal bias, while it becomes quite large when the corresponding direction of the thermal bias is reversed. The device thus operates as a heat rectifier or heat diode. Moreover, the heat generation can be suppressed to negative values by the thermal bias. We emphasize that the above-mentioned two effects are beyond the reach of the usual electric bias.     

Heat Generation by Electric Current in a Quantum Dot Molecular Coupled to Ferromagnetic Leads

We study the properties of the heat flow generated by electric current in a quantum dot (QD) molecular sandwiched between two ferromagnetic leads. The heat is exchanged between the QD and the phonon reservoir coupled to it. We find that when the leads' magnetic moments are in parallel configuration, the total heat generation is independent on the leads' spin-polarization regardless of the magnitude of the intradot Coulomb interaction. This behavior is similar to that of the electronic current. In the antiparallel configuration, however, the influences of the leads' ferromagnetism on the heat generation are quite different from those on the electric current. Under the conditions of weak intradot Coulomb interaction and small bias voltage, the heat generation is monotonously suppressed by increasing leads' spin-polarization. Whereas for sufficient large intradot Coulomb interaction and bias voltage, the heat generation shows non-monotonous behavior due to the electron-phonon interaction and the spin accumulation induced on the dot. Furthermore, the magnitude of the negative differential of the heat generation previously found in a QD connected to nonmagnetic leads can be weakened by the increase of the spin-polarization of the ferromagnetic leads.     

Heat Generation by Electric Current in a Quantum Dot Molecular Coupled to Ferromagnetic Leads

We study the properties of the heat flow generated by electric current in a quantum dot(QD) molecular sandwiched between two ferromagnetic leads. The heat is exchanged between the QD and the phonon reservoir coupled to it. We find that when the leads' magnetic moments are in parallel configuration, the total heat generation is independent on the leads' spin-polarization regardless of the magnitude of the intradot Coulomb interaction. This behavior is similar to that of the electronic current. In the antiparallel configuration, however, the influences of the leads' ferromagnetism on the heat generation are quite different from those on the electric current. Under the conditions of weak intradot Coulomb interaction and small bias voltage, the heat generation is monotonously suppressed by increasing leads' spin-polarization.Whereas for sufficient large intradot Coulomb interaction and bias voltage, the heat generation shows non-monotonous behavior due to the electron-phonon interaction and the spin accumulation induced on the dot. Furthermore, the magnitude of the negative differential of the heat generation previously found in a QD connected to nonmagnetic leads can be weakened by the increase of the spin-polarization of the ferromagnetic leads.     

Photon-Assisted Heat Generation by Electric Current in a Quantum Dot Attached to Ferromagnetic Leads

Heat generated by electric current in a quantum dot device contacting a phonon bath is studied using the nonequilibrium Green function technique.Spin-polarized current is generated owing to the Zeeman splitting of the dot level.The current's strength and the spin polarization are further manipulated by changing the frequency of an applied photon field and the ferromagnetism on the leads.We find that the associated heat by this spinpolarized current emerges even if the bias voltage is smaller than the phonon energy quanta and obvious negative differential of the heat generation develops when the photon frequency exceeds that of the phonon.It is also found that both the strength and the resonant peaks' position of the heat generation can be tuned by changing the value and the arrangement configurations of the magnetic moments of the two leads,and then provides an effective method to generate large spin-polarized current with weak heat.Such a result may be useful in designing low energy consumption spintronic devices.     

Heat Generation by Electrical Current in Quantum Dot System with Fano Resonance

We study the heat generation in quantum dot system with Fano resonance by nonequilibrium Green's functions method. The Fano resonance influences the heat generation significantly. As ξ increases, the heat generation decreases gradually. From the study of Q-eV curves, we find that the linewidth function Γ has huge influence on the heat generation. The Q-eV curves display obvious steps when the linewidth function Γ is small. However, these steps disappear with Γ increasing. As the source-drain bias eV increases, the Q-eV g curves also display interesting behaviors.     

Heat Generation by Electrical Current in Quantum Dot System with Fano Resonance

We study the heat generation in quantum dot system with Fano resonance by nonequilibrium Green's functions method. The Fano resonance influences the heat generation significantly. As ξ increases, the heat generation decreases gradually. From the study of Q-eV curves, we find that the linewidth function Γ has huge influence on the heat generation. The Q-eV curves display obvious steps when the linewidth function Γ is small. However, these steps disappear with Γ increasing. As the source-drain bias eV increases, the Q-eV_g curves also display interesting behaviors.     

Large Negative Differential of Heat Generation in a Two-Level Quantum Dot Coupled to Ferromagnetic Leads

Heat current exchanged between a two-level quantum dot(QD) and a phonon reservoir coupled to it is studied within the nonequilibrium Green's function method. We consider that the QD is connected to the left and right ferromagnetic leads. It is found that the negative differential of the heat generation(NDHG) phenomenon,i.e.,the intensity of the heat generation decreases with increasing bias voltage,is obviously enhanced as compared to that in single-level QD system. The NDHG can emerge in the absence of the negative differential conductance of the electric current,and occurs in different bias voltage regions when the magnetic moments of the two leads are arranged in parallel or antiparallel configurations. The characteristics of the found phenomena can be understood by examining the change of the electron number on the dot.     

Large Negative Differential of Heat Generation in a Two-Level Quantum Dot Coupled to Ferromagnetic Leads

Heat current exchanged between a two-level quantum dot (QD) and a phonon reservoir coupled to it is studied within the nonequilibrium Green's function method. We consider that the QD is connected to the left and right ferromagnetic leads. It is found that the negative differential of the heat generation (NDHG) phenomenon, i.e., the intensity of the heat generation decreases with increasing bias voltage, is obviously enhanced as compared to that in single-level QD system. The NDHG can emerge in the absence of the negative differential conductance of the electric current, and occurs in different bias voltage regions when the magnetic moments of the two leads are arranged in parallel or antiparallel configurations. The characteristics of the found phenomena can be understood by examining the change of the electron number on the dot.     

Spin Accumulation in a Double Quantum Dot Aharonov-Bohm Interferometer

We investigate the spin accumulation in a double quantum dot Aharonov-Bohm （AB） interferometer in which both the Rashba spin-orbit （RSO） interaction and intradot Coulomb interaction are taken into account. Due to the existence of the RSO interaction, the electron, flowing through different arms of the AB ring, will acquire a spin-dependent phase factor in the tunnel-coupling strengths. This phase factor will induce various interesting interference phenomena. It is found that the electrons of the different spin directions can accumulate in the two dots by properly adjusting the bias and the intradot level with a fixed RSO interaction strength. Moreover, both the magnitude and direction of the spin accumulation in each dot can be conveniently controlled and tuned by the gate voltage acting on the dot or the bias on the lead.     

Quantum Information Transfer from a Double Quantum Dot System to a Cavity Field＊

In this paper, we propose a scheme to realize quantum information transfer from a double quantum dot （DQD） system to a quantized cavity field. The DQD and the cavity field are treated as a two-state charge qubit and a continuous-variable system, respectively. It is shown that quantum information encoded in the two-state DQD system can be transferred to quantum states of the cavity field with a continuous-variable basis through appropriate projective measurements with respect to the DQD.     

Spin-Dependent Electron Properties of a Triple-Terminal Quantum Dot Structure

Electron transport properties of a triple-terminal Aharonov-Bohm interferometer are theoretically studied. By applying a Rashba spin-orbit coupling to a quantum dot locally, we find that remarkable spin polarization comes about in the electron transport process with tuning the structure parameters, i.e., the magnetic flux or quantum dot levels. When the quantum dot levels are aligned with the Fermi level, there only appear spin polarization in this structure by the presence of an appropriate magnetic flux. However, in absence of magnetic flux spin polarization and spin separation can be simultaneously realized with the adjustment of quantum dot levels, namely, an incident electron from one terminal can select a specific terminal to depart from the quantum dots according to its spin state.     

Spin-Dependent Electron Properties of a Triple-Terminal Quantum Dot Structure

Electron transport properties of a triple-terminal Aharonov-Bohm interferometer are theoretically studied. By applying a Rashba spin-orbit coupling to a quantum dot locally, we find that remarkable spin polarization comes about in the electron transport process with tuning the structure parameters, i.e., the magnetic flux or quantum dot levels. When the quantum dot levels are aligned with the Fermi level, there only appear spin polarization in this structure by the presence of an appropriate magnetic flux. However,in absence of magnetic flux spin polarization and spin separation can be simultaneously realized with the adjustment of quantum dot levels, namely, an incident electron from one terminal can select a specific terminal to depart from the quantum dots according to its spin state.     

Electro-Optic Switching in a Double Quantum Dot Injected with a Squeezed Vacuum Field

Journal of Russian Laser Research - Optical bistability (OB) is theoretically examined for a double quantum dot (QD) system placed in a ring cavity that is injected with a squeezed vacuum (SV)...     

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。     

柱形量子点中弱耦合磁极化子的性质

应用线性组合算符方法和幺正变换方法,研究在抛物势作用下的柱形量子点中磁极化子的性质。对ZnS量子点的数值计算表明,量子点中磁极化子的基态能量随特征频率、回旋共振频率的增大而增加,这是由于特征频率增加时振动能量、回旋共振频率增加时外磁场中的附加能量增加所致。当特征频率(或回旋共振频率)增加到某一值时,磁极化子能量由负变为正。基态能量随柱高的减小而增加,且柱高越小,增加越快;当柱高减小到某一值时,磁极化子能量也由负变为正。总之,柱形量子点中的磁极化子,其基态能量与量子点的尺度、外磁场、特征频率等有关。     

非对称量子点中极化子的性质

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强、弱耦合极化子的性质,导出了非对称量子点中强、弱耦合极化子的基态能量和基态结合能随量子点的横向、纵向有效受限长度,电子-声子耦合强度的变化关系.通过数值计算,结果表明,量子点中强、弱耦合极化子的基态能量和基态结合能随量子点的横向、纵向有效受限长度的减小而迅速增大.     

CdSeS量子点的光学非线性特性

以脉冲宽度为35 ps,基频为1064 nm的Nd:YAG锁模激光器二倍频532 nm的激光作激发,利用Z-扫描技术研究了CdSeS量子点的光学非线件特性.实验结果表明CdSeS量子点在532 nm光激发下具有很大的非线性吸收效应,该吸收效应来自于光学三阶效应引起的双光子吸收.在不同的入射光强下观测了CdSeS量子点的Z-扫描曲线,实验表明,CdSeS具有大的非线性折射率1.9×10-8esu和大的双光子吸收截面25283 GM,比现在使用的ZnS量子点高出近2个数量级.     

抛物量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子的性质

研究了抛物量子点中弱耦合束缚极化子的性质。采用线性组合算符和幺正变换方法导出了束缚极化子的振动频率和基态能量。讨论了量子点的有效受限长度、电子-LO声子耦合强度和库仑场对抛物量子点中弱耦合极化子的振动频率和基态能量的影响。数值计算结果表明：弱耦合束缚极化子的振动频率和基态能量随有效受限长度的增加而减小,振动频率随库仑势的增加而增加,基态能量随耦合强度、库仑势的增加而减小。     

Fano Effect and Anti-Resonance Band in a Parallel-Coupled Double Quantum Dot System with Two Multi-Quantum Dot Chains

A parallel-coupled double quantum dot(PCDQD) system with two multi-quantum dot chains is designed. Conductance versus Fermi energy level is investigated utilizing the non-equilibrium Green's function approach. If two quantum dots are added on each side of the PCDQD system, additional Breit–Wigner and Fano resonances occur in the conductance spectra. If quantum dots are added on one side of the system, small Fano resonances can be observed in the conductance spectra. Adjusting the number of side-coupled quantum dots, the anti-resonance bands emerge at different positions, which makes the system applicable as a quantum switching device. Moreover,the I–V characteristic curve presents the step characteristic and the width of the step decreases with increasing the number of side-coupled quantum dots.