Jan-M. Rost | Searcharxiv

arXiv2001

Oscillations in the photocurrent from quantum dots: Geometric information from reciprocal spectra

We demonstrate that the current of photoelectrons from a quantum dot exhibits oscillations as a function of the photon energy owing to the predominant ionization from the dot boundary. In the Fourier reciprocal space of the photoelectron wave vector these oscillations reveal frequencies connected to the confinement range. We attribute the oscillation in the recent photocurrent measurements by Fry et al. (PRL 84, 733 (2000)) to this phenomenon. Angle-resolved and angle-integrated experiments with the focus on directly imaging the confining potential are suggested.

cond-mat.mes-hall↗

arXiv2001

Spurious oscillations from local self-interaction correction in high energy photoionization calculations for metal clusters

We find that for simple metal clusters a single-electron description of the ground state employing self-interaction correction (SIC) in the framework of local-density approximation strongly contaminates the high energy photoionization cross sections with spurious oscillations for a subshell containing node(s). This effect is shown connected to the unphysical structure that SIC generates in ensuing state-dependent radial potentials around a position where the respective orbital density attains nodal zero. Non-local Hartree-Fock that exactly eliminates the electron self-interaction is found entirely free from this effect. It is inferred that while SIC is largely unimportant in high photon-energies, any implementation of it within the local frame can induce unphysical oscillations in the high energy photospectra of metal clusters pointing to a general need for caution in choosing appropriate theoretical tools.

physics.atm-clus↗