Published September 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

The breakdown of Kohn's theorem in few-electron parabolic quantum dots doped with a single magnetic impurity Mn2+

  • 1. Departement Fysica, Universiteit Antwerpen, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerpen (Belgium)

Description

The cyclotron resonance (CR) absorption spectrum is calculated for a II-VI parabolic quantum dot (QD) containing few electrons and a single magnetic dopant (Mn2+). We find that Kohn's theorem no longer holds for this system and that the CR spectrum depends on the number of electrons inside the QD. The electron-Mn-ion interaction strength can be tuned for example by the magnetic field and by moving the Mn-ion to different positions inside the QD. We demonstrate that due to the presence of the Mn-ion the relative motion of the electrons couple with their center-of-mass motion through the electron-Mn-ion spin-spin exchange term resulting in an electron-electron interaction dependence of the magneto-optical absorption spectrum. At the ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic transition we observe significant discontinuities in the CR lines.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/245/1/012031

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
245
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[4 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
6. international conference on quantum dots
Acronym
QD2010 (Quantum Dots 2010)
Dates
26-30 Apr 2010
Place
Nottingham (United Kingdom)