Energy of electron states of the double quantum well wire (solid lines), where rb takes values in the range of (ra, rc), while (a) ra = 6.0 nm and rc = 12.0 nm, (b) ra = 6.0 nm and rc = 14.0 nm, and (c) ra = 8.0 nm and rc = 14.0 nm. The dashed lines correspond to the energies of a simple quantum well wire with radius ra.