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We study a two-electron quantum dot molecule in a magnetic field by the direct diagonalization of the Hamiltonian matrix. The ground states of the molecule with the total spin S=0 and S=1 provide a possible realization for a qubit of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Harju , S. Siljamäki , R. M. Nieminen

The concept of duality reflects a link between two seemingly different physical objects. An example in quantum mechanics is a situation where the spectra (or their parts) of two Hamiltonians go into each other under a certain…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-09-05 Michael Kreshchuk , Tobias Gulden

It is argued that close to a Coulomb interacting quantum critical point, the interaction between two vortices in a disordered superconducting thin film separated by a distance $r$ changes from logarithmic in the mean-field region to $1/r$…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 Adriaan M. J. Schakel

The quantum vortices formed as a result of barrier-suppression ionization of a two-dimensional hydrogen atom by an ultrashort laser pulse are theoretically investigated. Using an analytical expression for the wave function of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-09 Nikolay V. Larionov , Vasily M. Molchanovskiy

he properties of excitons formed in spherical quantum dots are studied using the $\mathbf{k}\cdot\mathbf{p}$ method within the Hartree approximation. The spherical quantum dots considered have a central core and several concentric layers of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-11 Mariano Garagiola , Omar Osenda

It is proposed that the paradox of wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics may be resolved using a physical picture analogous to magnetic domains. Within this picture, a quantum particle represents a coherent region of a quantum wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alan M. Kadin

Quantum vorticity in polariton systems has been traditionally investigated within the frame of many-body phenomena under the mean-field or coherent approaches. In the present work, we show that the fully quantized picture describes richer…

We have investigated few-body states in vertically stacked quantum dots. Due to small inter-dot tunneling rate, the coupling in our system is in a previously unexplored regime where electron-hole exchange is the dominant spin interaction.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Stefan Falt , Mete Atature , Hakan E. Tureci , Yong Zhao , Antonio Badolato , Atac Imamoglu

The electronic properties of quasi two-dimensional multicomponent systems are investigated in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field. The effects of the presence of a few valence band holes on the properties of quantum Hall systems…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 John J. Quinn , Arkadiusz Wojs , Kyung-Soo Yi

We propose a quantum approach to "electron-hole exchange", better named electron-hole pair exchange, that makes use of the second quantization formalism to describe the problem in terms of Bloch-state electron operators. This approach…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-08-21 Monique Combescot , Thierry Amand , Shiue-Yuan Shiau

We propose three core ideas: 1. the wave-particle duality of the qudit quantum space; 2. the classification of all elementary quantum gates by ordered pairs of qudit functionals; 3. a new type of quantum gates called the "quantum wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-22 Zixuan Hu , Sabre Kais

The vortex structures and formations of the few-electron states in quantum dots without the Zeeman splitting are investigated. With spin degree of freedom, it is noticed that both the choices of probe electron and the ways to fix the other…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Ning Yang , Jia-Lin Zhu , Zhensheng Dai , Yuquan Wang

One can confine the two-dimensional electron gas in semiconductor heterostructures electrostatically or by etching techniques such that a small electron island is formed. These man-made ``artificial atoms'' provide the experimental…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Koskinen , M. Manninen , B. Mottelson , S. M. Reimann

We study electronic structures of two-dimensional quantum dots in high magnetic fields using the density-functional theory (DFT) and the exact diagonalization (ED). With increasing magnetic field, beyond the formation of the totally…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Saarikoski , A. Harju , M. J. Puska , R. M. Nieminen

The formation of quantized vortices is a unifying feature of quantum mechanical systems, making it a premier means for fundamental and comparative studies of different quantum fluids. Being excited states of motion, vortices are normally…

We discuss the properties of few electrons and electron-hole pairs confined in coupled semiconductor quantum dots, with emphasis on correlation effects and the role of tunneling. We shall discuss, in particular, exact diagonalization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 Guido Goldoni , Filippo Troiani , Massimo Rontani , Devis Bellucci , Elisa Molinari , Ulrich Hohenester

Laterally coupled quantum dot molecules are studied using exact diagonalization techniques. We examine the two-electron singlet-triplet energy difference as a function of magnetic field strength and investigate the magnetization and vortex…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Helle , A. Harju , R. M. Nieminen

A time-dependent electromagnetic field creates electron-hole excitations in a Fermi sea at low temperature. We show that the electron-hole pairs can be generated in a controlled way using harmonic and biharmonic time-dependent voltages…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-01-01 Mihajlo Vanevic , Wolfgang Belzig

We study electronic structures of two-dimensional quantum dots in strong magnetic fields using mean-field density-functional theory and exact diagonalization. Our numerically accurate mean-field solutions show a reconstruction of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 H. Saarikoski , A. Harju , M. J. Puska , R. M. Nieminen

The optical Faraday effect describes the rotation of linear polarization upon propagation through a medium in the presence of a longitudinal magnetic field. The effect arises from a different phase delay between the right and left handed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-11-09 Colin Greenshields , Robert L. Stamps , Sonja Franke-Arnold