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Orbital current mode in elliptical quantum dots

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

An orbital current mode peculiar to deformed quantum dots is theoretically investigated; first by using a simple model that allows to interpret analytically its main characteristics, and second, by numerically solving the microscopic equations of time evolution after an initial perturbation within the time-dependent local-spin-density approximation. Results for different deformations and sizes are shown.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9909135,
  title  = {Orbital current mode in elliptical quantum dots},
  author = {Llorens Serra and Antonio Puente and Enrico Lipparini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9909135},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 REVTEX pages, 4 PDF figures, accepted in PRB:RC