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Energy Calculations of The Realistic Quantum Slab

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2010-08-30 v1

Abstract

We calculated the total energy of a semiconductor quantum dot which is defined by the trench gate method. In our calculation we used a recently developed energy functional called ``orbital-free energy functional". We compared the total energies obtained by Thomas-Fermi approximation, orbital-free energy functional and standard local-density approximation for the square quantum slab geometry. We have seen that this newly developed energy functional is numerically very efficient, superior to the Thomas-Fermi approximation and is in good agreement with the local-density approximation for two different sizes of quantum dot systems.

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@article{arxiv.1008.4661,
  title  = {Energy Calculations of The Realistic Quantum Slab},
  author = {G. Bilgeç Akyüz and K. Akgüngör and S. Şakiroglu and A. Siddiki and İ. Sökmen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.4661},
  year   = {2010}
}

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8 pages, 4 figures