Mapping of few-electron wave-functions in semiconductor nanocrystals - evidence of exchange interaction

dc.creatorTews, Michael
dc.creatorPfannkuche, Daniela
dc.date2002-09-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-25T22:20:33Z
dc.descriptionThe influence of the tip-substrate bias induced electric field in a scanning-tunneling-spectroscopy experiment on charged InAs nanocrystals is studied. Calculating the ground and first excited many-particle state for five electrons occupying the quantum dot reveals a Stark-induced reordering of states by increasing the electric field strength. It is shown that this reordering of states is accompanied by a symmetry change of the local density of states (LDOS), which in principal is observable in a wave-function mapping experiment. Since in the usually performed experiments the electric field can not be directly controlled, we investigate the crystal size dependence of the 5-electron LDOS symmetry. It is found that the symmetry changes from spherical to torus-like by increasing the nanocrystal radius.
dc.description8 pages, 6 figures, LaTeX, iopart, in proceedings of the 26th ICPS
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0209102
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0209102
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/88094
dc.subjectMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
dc.titleMapping of few-electron wave-functions in semiconductor nanocrystals - evidence of exchange interaction
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