2003/11/28 by E. Räsänen, A. Harju, Ari Harju +2
Physics and Astronomy · #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices #cond-mat.str-el
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.69.165309
published as Phys. Rev. B 69, 165309 (2004) · 6 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. B
arxiv created 2003/11/28 · openalex publication_date 2004/04/14 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
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.