Title :
Quantum-wire conductance manipulating by asymmetric quantum dot-molecules
Author :
Rostami, A. ; Rasooli, H. ; Ghanbari, A. ; Zabihi, S. ; Janabi-Sharifi, F.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng.-Emerging Technol., Univ. of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract :
The electronic conductance at zero temperature through a quantum wire with side-attached asymmetric quantum dot-molecules (as a scatter system) is theoretically studied using the non-interacting Anderson tunneling Hamiltonian method. We show that the asymmetric configuration of QD-scatter system strongly impresses the amplitude and spectrum of quantum wire nanostructure transmission characteristics. It is shown that whenever the balanced number of chains-quantum dots in one molecule is substituted by unbalanced scheme, the number of forbidden mini-bands in quantum wire conductance increases to the sum of the number of quantum dots in two chains and thus the QW-nanostructure electronic conductance contains rich spectral properties due to appearance of the new anti-resonance and resonance points in spectrum. Considering the suitable inner gap between QD-chains in one molecule or outer gap between QD-molecules, can strengthen the amplitude of new resonant peaks in QW conductance spectrum. The proposed asymmetric-QD scatter system idea in this paper opens a new insight on designing quantum wire nanostructures for given electronic conductance.
Keywords :
Anderson model; electrical conductivity; quantum dots; quantum wires; tunnelling; QD-chains; QD-molecules; QW conductance spectrum; QW-nanostructure electronic conductance; antiresonance points; asymmetric configuration; asymmetric quantum dot-molecules; asymmetric-QD scatter system; forbidden minibands; noninteracting Anderson tunneling Hamiltonian method; quantum wire nanostructure transmission characteristics; quantum-wire conductance manipulation; spectral properties; zero temperature; Coherence; Equations; Mathematical model; Quantum dots; Tunneling; Wire; Asymmetric quantum dot molecule; electron transport; quantum wire; scatter system;
Conference_Titel :
Optomechatronic Technologies (ISOT), 2010 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7684-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISOT.2010.5687365