other phase transitions;
quantum wells;
semi-empirical models and model calculations;
optical absorption;
D O I:
10.1016/S0379-6779(00)01181-4
中图分类号:
T [工业技术];
学科分类号:
08 ;
摘要:
We demonstrate here that new phenomena can occur in mesoscopic commensurate systems of strongly correlated electrons: tunneling-driven quantum phase transitions. To exemplify, we present CDW-to-CDW (SDW-to-SDW) transitions between charge (spin) density wave states of different symmetries in quantum rings described by an extended Hubbard model. Thesde transitions can be studied experimentally e.g. by optical absorption.