296 research outputs found
Stability of negative and positive trions in quantum wires
Binding energies of negative () and positive trions () in quantum
wires are studied for strong quantum confinement of carriers which results in a
numerical exactly solvable model. The relative electron and hole localization
has a strong effect on the stability of trions. For equal hole and electron
confinement, is more stable but a small imbalance of the particle
localization towards a stronger hole localization e.g. due to its larger
effective mass, leads to the interchange of and recombination lines
in the photoluminescent spectrum as was recently observed experimentally. In
case of larger stability, a magnetic field oriented parallel to the wire
axis leads to a stronger increase of the binding energy resulting in a
crossing of the and lines
Exciton and negative trion dissociation by an external electric field in vertically coupled quantum dots
We study the Stark effect for an exciton confined in a pair of vertically
coupled quantum dots. A single-band approximation for the hole and a parabolic
lateral confinement potential are adopted which allows for the separation of
the lateral center-of-mass motion and consequently for an exact numerical
solution of the Schr\"odinger equation. We show that for intermediate tunnel
coupling the external electric field leads to the dissociation of the exciton
via an avoided crossing of bright and dark exciton energy levels which results
in an atypical form of the Stark shift. The electric-field-induced dissociation
of the negative trion is studied using the approximation of frozen lateral
degrees of freedom. It is shown that in a symmetric system of coupled dots the
trion is more stable against dissociation than the exciton. For an asymmetric
system of coupled dots the trion dissociation is accompanied by a positive
curvature of the recombination energy line as a function of the electric field.Comment: PRB - in prin
Self-consistent Wigner distribution function study of gate-voltage controlled triple-barrier resonant tunnelling diode
The electron transport through the triple-barrier resonant tunnelling diode
(TBRTD) have been studied by the self-consistent numerical method for the
Wigner-Poisson problem. The electron flow through the TBRTD can be controlled
by the gate voltage applied to one of the potential well regions. For different
gate voltage values we have determined the current-voltage characteristics,
potential energy profiles, and electron density distribution. We have found the
enhancement of the peak-to-valley ratio (up to 10), the appearance of the
linear current versus bias voltage behaviour within the negative-differential
resistance region, and the bistability of the current-voltage characteristics.
The analysis of the self-consistent potential energy profiles and electron
density distribution allowed us to provide a physical interpretation of these
properties.Comment: 13 pages, 7 figure
Bipolaron Binding in Quantum Wires
A theory of bipolaron states in quantum wires with a parabolic potential well
is developed applying the Feynman variational principle. The basic parameters
of the bipolaron ground state (the binding energy, the number of phonons in the
bipolaron cloud, the effective mass, and the bipolaron radius) are studied as a
function of sizes of the potential well. Two cases are considered in detail: a
cylindrical quantum wire and a planar quantum wire. Analytical expressions for
the bipolaron parameters are obtained at large and small sizes of the quantum
well. It is shown that at [where means the radius (halfwidth) of a
cylindrical (planar) quantum wire, expressed in Feynman units], the influence
of confinement on the bipolaron binding energy is described by the function
for both cases, while at small sizes this influence is different
in each case. In quantum wires, the bipolaron binding energy increases
logarithmically with decreasing radius. The shapes and the sizes of a
nanostructure, which are favorable for observation of stable bipolaron states,
are determined.Comment: 17 pages, 6 figures, E-mail addresses: [email protected];
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Operator method in solving non-linear equations of the Hartree-Fock type
The operator method is used to construct the solutions of the problem of the
polaron in the strong coupling limit and of the helium atom on the basis of the
Hartree-Fock equation. is obtained for the polaron
ground-state energy. Energies for 2s- and 3s-states are also calculated. The
other excited states are briefly discussed.Comment: 7 page
Polaron Variational Methods In The Particle Representation Of Field Theory : I. General Formalism
We apply nonperturbative variational techniques to a relativistic scalar
field theory in which heavy bosons (``nucleons'') interact with light scalar
mesons via a Yukawa coupling. Integrating out the meson field and neglecting
the nucleon vacuum polarization one obtains an effective action in terms of the
heavy particle coordinates which is nonlocal in the proper time. As in
Feynman's polaron approach we approximate this action by a retarded quadratic
action whose parameters are to be determined variationally on the pole of the
two-point function. Several ans\"atze for the retardation function are studied
and for the most general case we derive a system of coupled variational
equations. An approximate analytic solution displays the instability of the
system for coupling constants beyond a critical value.Comment: 33 pages standard LaTeX, 3 uuencoded gzipped postscript figures
embedded with psfig.st
Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Conceptual Design Report Volume 2: The Physics Program for DUNE at LBNF
The Physics Program for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) at
the Fermilab Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) is described
Summary of the second workshop on liquid argon time projection chamber research and development in the United States
The second workshop to discuss the development of liquid argon time projection
chambers (LArTPCs) in the United States was held at Fermilab on July 8-9, 2014. The workshop
was organized under the auspices of the Coordinating Panel for Advanced Detectors, a body that
was initiated by the American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields. All presentations
at the workshop were made in six topical plenary sessions: i) Argon Purity and Cryogenics, ii)
TPC and High Voltage, iii) Electronics, Data Acquisition and Triggering, iv) Scintillation Light
Detection, v) Calibration and Test Beams, and vi) Software. This document summarizes the current
efforts in each of these areas. It primarily focuses on the work in the US, but also highlights work
done elsewhere in the world
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