1. Excitation spectra of two correlated electrons in a quantum dot
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Ihn, T., Ellenberger, C., Ensslin, K., Yannouleas, Constantine, Landman, Uzi, Driscoll, D. C., and Gossard, A. C.
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Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics ,Physics - Applied Physics ,Quantum Physics - Abstract
Measurements and a theoretical interpretation of the excitation spectrum of a two-electron quantum dot fabricated on a parabolic Ga[Al]As quantum well are reported. Experimentally, excited states are found beyond the well-known lowest singlet- and triplet states. These states can be reproduced in an exact diagonalization calculation of a parabolic dot with moderate in-plane anisotropy. The calculated spectra are in reasonable quantitative agreement with the measurement, and suggest that correlations between the electrons play a significant role in this system. Comparison of the exact results with the restricted Hartree-Fock and the generalized Heitler-London approach shows that the latter is more appropriate for this system because it can account for the spatial correlation of the electron states., Comment: ICPS28 (Vienna 2006) conference paper announcing early experimental results in semiconductor quantum dots that were successfully interpreted as a signature (strong suppression of the singlet-triplet gap) of Wigner-molecule formation, in accordance with previous theoretical work and predictions; see Ref. [7] in this paper
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- 2021
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