Magnetic field dependence of the low-energy spectrum of a two-electron quantum dot
The low-energy eigenstates of two interacting electrons in a square quantum dot in a magnetic field are determined by numerical diagonalization. In the strong correlation regime, the low-energy eigenstates show Aharonov-Bohm-type oscillations, which decrease in amplitude as the field increases. Thes...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2000 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/59753 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59753 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | 538.9 Interacting electrons Física de materiales Física del estado sólido 2211 Física del Estado Sólido |
| Resumo: | The low-energy eigenstates of two interacting electrons in a square quantum dot in a magnetic field are determined by numerical diagonalization. In the strong correlation regime, the low-energy eigenstates show Aharonov-Bohm-type oscillations, which decrease in amplitude as the field increases. These oscillations, including the decrease in amplitude, may be reproduced to good accuracy by an extended Hubbard model in a basis of localized one-electron Hartree states. The hopping matrix element t comprises the usual kinetic energy term plus a term derived from the Coulomb interaction. The latter is essential to get good agreement with exact results. The phase of t gives rise to the usual Peierls factor, related to the flux through a square defined by the peaks of the Hartree wave functions. The magnitude of t decreases slowly with magnetic field as the Hartree functions become more localized, giving rise to the decreasing amplitude of the Aharonov-Bohm oscillations. |
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