Carrier-carrier entanglement and transport resonances in semiconductor quantum dots

The Role of the Carrier Mass in Semiconductor Quantum Dots

In the present work we undertake a re-examination of effective mass theory (EMT) for a semiconductor quantum dot. We take into account the fact that the effective mass (mi) of the carrier inside the dot of radius R is distinct from the mass (mo) in the dielectric coating surrounding the dot. The electronic structure of the quantum dot is determined in crucial ways by the mass discontinuity fact...

Energetics and carrier transport in doped Si/SiO2 quantum dots.

In the present theoretical work we have considered impurities, either boron or phosphorous, located at different substitutional sites in silicon quantum dots (Si-QDs) with diameters around 1.5 nm, embedded in a SiO2 matrix. Formation energy calculations reveal that the most energetically-favored doping sites are inside the QD and at the Si/SiO2 interface for P and B impurities, respectively. Fu...

Microstructure and charge carrier transport in phthalocyanine based semiconductor blends

The continuously growing and wide-spread utilization of blends of organic electron and hole conducting materials comprises ambipolar field-effect transistors as well as organic photovoltaic cells. Structural, optical and electrical properties are investigated in blends and neat films of the electron donor material Cu-phthalocyanine (CuPc) together with fullerene C60 and Cu-hexadecafluorophthalo...

Line broadening caused by Coulomb carrier-carrier correlations and dynamics of carrier capture and emission in quantum dots

Blocking transport resonances via Kondo many-body entanglement in quantum dots

Many-body entanglement is at the heart of the Kondo effect, which has its hallmark in quantum dots as a zero-bias conductance peak at low temperatures. It signals the emergence of a conducting singlet state formed by a localized dot degree of freedom and conduction electrons. Carbon nanotubes offer the possibility to study the emergence of the Kondo entanglement by tuning many-body correlations...