Low-lying collective excitations above highly correlated ground states of few interacting electrons confined in GaAs semiconductor quantum dots are probed by resonant inelastic light scattering. We highlight that separate studies of the changes in the spin and charge degrees of freedom offer unique access to the fundamental interactions. The case of quantum dots with four electrons is found to be determined by a competition between triplet and singlet ground states that is uncovered in the rich light scattering spectra of spin excitations. These light scattering results are described within a configuration-interaction framework that captures the role of electron correlation with quantitative accuracy. Recent light scattering results that reveal the impact of anisotropic confining potentials in laterally coupled quantum dots are also reviewed. In these studies, inelastic light scattering methods emerge as powerful probes of collective phenomena and spin configurations in quantum dots with few electrons. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Probing collective modes of correlated states of few electrons in semiconductor quantum dots / S., Kalliakos; Rontani, Massimo; V., Pellegrini; A., Pinczuk; A., Shinga; C. P., Garcia; Goldoni, Guido; Molinari, Elisa; L. N., Pfeiffer; K. W., West. - In: SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 0038-1098. - STAMPA. - 149:35-36(2009), pp. 1436-1442. [10.1016/j.ssc.2009.04.034]

Probing collective modes of correlated states of few electrons in semiconductor quantum dots

RONTANI, Massimo;GOLDONI, Guido;MOLINARI, Elisa;
2009

Abstract

Low-lying collective excitations above highly correlated ground states of few interacting electrons confined in GaAs semiconductor quantum dots are probed by resonant inelastic light scattering. We highlight that separate studies of the changes in the spin and charge degrees of freedom offer unique access to the fundamental interactions. The case of quantum dots with four electrons is found to be determined by a competition between triplet and singlet ground states that is uncovered in the rich light scattering spectra of spin excitations. These light scattering results are described within a configuration-interaction framework that captures the role of electron correlation with quantitative accuracy. Recent light scattering results that reveal the impact of anisotropic confining potentials in laterally coupled quantum dots are also reviewed. In these studies, inelastic light scattering methods emerge as powerful probes of collective phenomena and spin configurations in quantum dots with few electrons. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
2009
149
35-36
1436
1442
Probing collective modes of correlated states of few electrons in semiconductor quantum dots / S., Kalliakos; Rontani, Massimo; V., Pellegrini; A., Pinczuk; A., Shinga; C. P., Garcia; Goldoni, Guido; Molinari, Elisa; L. N., Pfeiffer; K. W., West. - In: SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 0038-1098. - STAMPA. - 149:35-36(2009), pp. 1436-1442. [10.1016/j.ssc.2009.04.034]
S., Kalliakos; Rontani, Massimo; V., Pellegrini; A., Pinczuk; A., Shinga; C. P., Garcia; Goldoni, Guido; Molinari, Elisa; L. N., Pfeiffer; K. W., West
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