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Electron Localization, Tunneling and Energy Spectrum for Systems of Double Quantum Dots

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 August 2013

Igor Filikhin ,
Sergei Matinyan  and
Branislav Vlahovic
Igor Filikhin
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, North Carolina Central University, 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC 27707, USA
Sergei Matinyan
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, North Carolina Central University, 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC 27707, USA
Branislav Vlahovic
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, North Carolina Central University, 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC 27707, USA
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Abstract

Semiconductor heterostructures as quantum dots demonstrate discrete atom-like energy level structure based on several hundred of electron confinement states. In the case of double QD (DQD) or double QR (DQR), there is a single electron spectrum composed of a set of quasi-doublets. We study these specific spectrum properties with their relation to the electron tunneling in DQD (DCQR) when the wave function of electron localized initially in one of the double quantum object is spread into whole system. The double InAs/GaAs quantum dots are considered within the effective approach. Tunneling in DQD is studied in connection with change of inter-dot distance and QD geometry. There are two types of such tunneling in DQD. The first is related to tunneling in the system of two identical QDs; the second one occurs in the system of non-identical QDs. The tunneling in the DQR is a tunneling in the system with non-identical quantum objects. The quasi-doublets of the DQD spectrum play an important role in the tunneling. We study effect of violation of symmetry of DQD geometry on the tunneling and show that the violation of symmetry makes difficulties for such tunneling.

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nanostructureelectronic structuresimulation
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1551: Symposium R – Nanostructured Semiconductors and Nanotechnology , 2013 , pp. 129 - 134
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013 

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