Origin of magic angular momenta in few-electron quantum dots

W. Y. Ruan; Y. Y. Liu; C. G. Bao; Z. Q. Zhang

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.51.7942

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Origin of magic angular momenta in few-electron quantum dots

W. Y. Ruan, Y. Y. Liu, C. G. Bao, and Z. Q. Zhang

Phys. Rev. B 51, 7942(R) – Published 15 March 1995

Abstract

We show the effect of quantum-mechanical symmetry on determining the features of two-dimensional few-electron quantum dots, and thereby elucidate the origin of the magic numbers.

Received 14 December 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.51.7942

Authors & Affiliations

W. Y. Ruan and Y. Y. Liu

Department of Applied Physics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, People’s Republic of China

C. G. Bao

China Center of Advanced Science and Technology (World Laboratory), P.O. Box 8730, Beijing 100080, People’s Republic of China
Department of Physics, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China

Z. Q. Zhang

Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong

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Vol. 51, Iss. 12 — 15 March 1995

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