From quantum dots to quantum wires: electronic structure of semiconductor nanorods

Abstract

The transition bridge between zero-dimensional quantum dots and one-dimensional quantum wires is explored theoretically by means of the construction of the addition energy spectra of nanorods with different lengths. Spin density-functional theory supplemented with full configuration interaction calculations are carried out. The addition energy spectra are qualitatively related to the single particle correlation diagram. The transition from charge-density waves to spin-density waves, characterizing the Wigner crystallization in the low density limit is shown