Singlet-triplet transitions in highly correlated nanowire quantum dots

Abstract We consider a quantum dot embedded in a three-dimensional nanowire with tunable aspect ratio a . A configuration interaction theory is developed to calculate the energy spectra of the finite 1D quantum dot systems charged with two electrons in the presence of magnetic fields B along the wire axis. Fruitful singlet–triplet transition behaviors are revealed and explained in terms of the competing exchange interaction, correlation interaction, and spin-Zeeman energy. In the high aspect ratio regime, the singlet–triplet transitions are shown designable by tuning the parameters a and B . The transition also manifest the highly correlated nature of long nanowire quantum dots.