Artificial molecular quantum rings under magnetic field influence
arXiv:0909.4576 · doi:10.1063/1.3223360
Abstract
The ground states of few electrons confined in two vertically coupled quantum rings in the presence of an external magnetic field are studied systematically within the current spin-density functional theory. Electron-electron interactions combined with inter-ring tunneling affects the electronic structure and the persistent current. For small values of the external magnetic field, we recover the zero magnetic field molecular quantum ring ground state configurations. Increasing the magnetic field many angular momentum, spin, and iso-spin transitions are predicted to occur in the ground state. We show that these transitions follow certain rules, which are governed by the parity of the number of electrons, the single particle picture, the Hund's rules and many-body effects.
accepted for publication in Journal of Applied Physics (in press)
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