中国物理B ›› 2001, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (5): 437-442.doi: 10.1088/1009-1963/10/5/315

• CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

VARIATIONAL CALCULATION ON GROUND-STATE ENERGY OF BOUND POLARONS IN PARABOLIC QUANTUM WIRES

汪壮兵, 吴福理, 陈庆虎, 焦正宽   

  1. Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • 收稿日期:2000-10-08 修回日期:2001-01-14 出版日期:2005-06-12 发布日期:2005-06-12
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 19804009).

VARIATIONAL CALCULATION ON GROUND-STATE ENERGY OF BOUND POLARONS IN PARABOLIC QUANTUM WIRES

Wang Zhuang-bing (汪壮兵), Wu Fu-li (吴福理), Chen Qing-hu (陈庆虎), Jiao Zheng-kuan (焦正宽)   

  1. Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • Received:2000-10-08 Revised:2001-01-14 Online:2005-06-12 Published:2005-06-12
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 19804009).

摘要: Within the framework of Feynman path-integral variational theory, we calculate the ground-state energy of a polaron in parabolic quantum wires in the presence of a Coulomb potential. It is shown that the polaronic correction to the ground-state energy is more sensitive to the electron-phonon coupling constant than the Coulomb binding parameter, and it increases monotonically with decreasing effective wire radius. Moreover, compared to the results obtained by Feynman Haken variational path-integral theory, we obtain better results within the Feynman path-integral variational approach (FV approach). Applying our calculation to several polar semiconductor quantum wires, we find that the polaronic correction can be considerably large.

Abstract: Within the framework of Feynman path-integral variational theory, we calculate the ground-state energy of a polaron in parabolic quantum wires in the presence of a Coulomb potential. It is shown that the polaronic correction to the ground-state energy is more sensitive to the electron-phonon coupling constant than the Coulomb binding parameter, and it increases monotonically with decreasing effective wire radius. Moreover, compared to the results obtained by Feynman Haken variational path-integral theory, we obtain better results within the Feynman path-integral variational approach (FV approach). Applying our calculation to several polar semiconductor quantum wires, we find that the polaronic correction can be considerably large.

Key words: polaron, path integral, quantum wire

中图分类号:  (Polarons and electron-phonon interactions)

  • 71.38.-k
73.21.Hb (Quantum wires) 02.30.Xx (Calculus of variations)