Investigation of the coupling asymmetries at double-slit interference experiments

Double-slit experiments inferring the phase and the amplitude of the transmission coefficient performed at quantum dots (QD), in the Coulomb blockade regime, present anomalies at the phase changes depending on the number of electrons confined. This phase change cannot be explained if one neglects the electron-electron interactions. Here, we present our numerical results, which simulate the real sample geometry by solving the Poisson equation in 3D. The screened potential profile is used to obtain energy eigenstates and eigenvalues of the QD. We find that, certain energy levels are coupled to the leads stronger compared to others. Our results give strong support to the phenomenological models in the literature describing the charging of a QD and the abrupt phase changes.Comment: conference paper, 50th anniversary of Aharonov-Bohm effec

The energy spectrum for an electron in quantum well wires with different shapes under the electric and magnetic fields

The ground-state energies and wave functions for an electron in quantum well-wires (QWWs) with different shapes under the electric and magnetic fields are directly calculated using the finite difference method. It is shown that the method is able to calculate all energy states for any given QWW shape. Then, the ground-state binding energy of a hydrogenic impurity is found employing a variational method. The reliability of the results is tested against previous studies. The binding energy for QWWs consisting of the combinations of square and triangular well potential is obtained. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.WOS:0002572216000112-s2.0-4414911906

Electric and magnetic field effects on the binding energy of a hydrogenic impurity in quantum well wires with different shapes

In this work, we directly calculate the ground state energies for an electron in quantum well wires (QWWs) with different shapes in the presence of applied electric and magnetic fields using the finite difference method. Then, we study the ground state binding energy of a hydrogenic impurity with a variational approach. We obtain the binding energy for QWWs consisting of the combinations of square and parabolic well potential. Our results indicate that the impurity binding energy depends strongly on the structural confinement and also, on the applied electric and magnetic field. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Trakya UniversityTrakya University [TUBAP-739-886]This work is financially supported by the Trakya University research fund under project numbers TOBAP-739-886.WOS:0002585209000082-s2.0-4494912970