Far-infrared excitations below the Kohn mode: Internal motion in a quantum dot

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Krahne, R
Gudmundsson, V
Heyn, C
Heitmann, D
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[1] Univ Hamburg, Inst Angew Phys, D-20355 Hamburg, Germany
[2] Univ Hamburg, Zentrum Mikrostrukturforsch, D-20355 Hamburg, Germany
[3] Univ Iceland, Inst Sci, IS-107 Reykjavik, Iceland
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2001年 / 63卷 / 19期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.63.195303
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We have investigated the far-infrared response of quantum dots in modulation doped GaAs heterostructures. We observe modes at frequencies below the center-of-mass Kohn mode. Comparison with Hartree-random-phase-approximation calculations show that these modes arise from the flattened potential in our held-effect confined quantum dots. They reflect pronounced relative motion of the charge density with respect to the center of mass.
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