Quantum dot defined in two-dimensional electron gas at n-AlGaAs/GaAs heterojunction: simulation of electrostatic potential and charging properties

Details Quantum dot defined in two-dimensional electron gas at n-AlGaAs/GaAs heterojunction: simulation of electrostatic potential and charging properties Quantum dot defined in two-dimensional electron gas at n-AlGaAs/GaAs heterojunction: simulation of electrostatic potential and charging properties

2007-12-11

arxiv.org/abs/0712.1736v1

Phys. Rev. B 77, 115320 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.77.115320

We present a self-consistent Schroedinger-Poisson scheme for simulation of electrostatic quantum dots defined in gated two-dimensional electron gas formed at n-AlGaAs/GaAs heterojunction. The computational method is applied to a quantitative description of transport properties studied experimentally by Elzermann et al. [Appl. Phys. Lett. {\bf 84}, 4617 (2004)]. The three-dimensional model describes the electrostatics of the entire device with a quantum dot that changes shape and floats inside a gated region when the applied voltages are varied. Our approach accounts for the metal electrodes of arbitrary geometry and configuration, includes magnetic field applied perpendicular to the growth direction, electron-electron correlation in the confined electron system and its interaction with the electron reservoir surrounding the quantum dot. We calculate the electric field, the space charge distribution as well as energies and wave functions of confined electrons to describe opening of two transport channels between the reservoir and the confined charge puddle. We determine the voltages for charging the dot with up to 4 electrons. The results are in a qualitative and quantitative agreement with the experimental data.

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