Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
7943412 Superlattices and Microstructures 2013 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
We study the eigenenergies and the eigenfunctions of the ground and the first excited states of an electron strongly coupled to LO-phonon in a quantum rod (QR) with a hydrogen-like impurity at the center by using variational method of Pekar type. This QR system may be used as a two-level quantum qubit. When the electron is in the superposition state of the ground and the first excited states, we obtained the time evolution of the electron probability density oscillating in the QR with a certain period. We then investigate the effects of the temperature and the hydrogen-like impurity on the time evolution of the electron probability density and the oscillation period. It is found that the electron probability density and the oscillation period increase (decrease) with increasing temperature in lower (higher) temperature regime. The electron probability density and the oscillation period decrease (increase) with increasing electron-phonon coupling strength when the temperature is lower (higher). Whereas they increase (decrease) with increasing Coulomb bound potential when the temperature is lower (higher).
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