%0 Book Section
%T Electron dynamics in AC-driven quantum dots
publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin
%D 2003
%U 3-540-40785-5
%@ https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60954
%X A quantum dot (QD) is a structure in which electrons can be confined to small length scales, comparable to their Fermi wavelength. A set of electrons held in such a structure is conceptually similar to a set of atomic electrons bound to a nucleus, and for this reason quantum dots are sometimes termed “artificial atoms” [1]. Unlike real atoms, the physical properties of quantum dots can be easily varied, which gives theorists and experimentalists the opportunity to study novel quantum effects in a well-controlled system.
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