Electronic Structure of Multi-Electron Quantum Dots
Ranga Muhandiramge, Jingbo B. Wang · The Mathematica Journal · 2006
Quantum dots are artificially fabricated atoms, in which charge carriers are confined in all three dimensions just like electrons in real atoms. Consequently, they exhibit properties normally associated with real atoms such as quantised energy levels and shell structures. These properties are described by the electron wavefunctions whose evolution is governed by the Schrodinger equation and the Pauli exclusion principle.