Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2002-07-12
Phys. Rev. B 66, 235303 (2002).
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Replaced with version to be published in Phys. Rev. B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.66.235303
In the limit of low particle density, electrons confined to a quantum dot form strongly correlated states termed Wigner molecules, in which the Coulomb interaction causes the electrons to become highly localized in space. By using an effective model of Hubbard-type to describe these states, we investigate how an oscillatory electric field can drive the dynamics of a two-electron Wigner molecule held in a square quantum dot. We find that, for certain combinations of frequency and strength of the applied field, the tunneling between various charge configurations can be strongly quenched, and we relate this phenomenon to the presence of anti-crossings in the Floquet quasi-energy spectrum. We further obtain simple analytic expressions for the location of these anti-crossings, which allows the effective parameters for a given quantum dot to be directly measured in experiment, and suggests the exciting possibility of using ac-fields to control the time evolution of entangled states in mesoscopic devices.
Creffield Charles E.
Platero Gloria
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