Rectangular quantum dots in high magnetic fields

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2004-04-14

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en

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5
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B, Volume 69, issue 16

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We use density-functional methods to study the effects of an external magnetic field on two-dimensional quantum dots with a rectangular hard-wall confining potential. The increasing magnetic field leads to spin polarization and formation of a highly inhomogeneous maximum-density droplet at the predicted magnetic-field strength. At higher fields, we find an oscillating behavior in the electron density and in the magnetization of the dot. We identify a rich variety of phenomena behind the periodicity and analyze the complicated many-electron dynamics, which is shown to be highly dependent on the shape of the quantum dot.

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maximum-density droplet, quantum dot

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Räsänen , E , Harju , A , Puska , M & Nieminen , R M 2004 , ' Rectangular quantum dots in high magnetic fields ' , Physical Review B , vol. 69 , no. 16 , 165309 , pp. 1-5 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.165309