Table 1 QD states where capture and relaxation processes can occur. Note that an assistant process is associated with each process (capture or relaxation) as a four-carrier Coulomb process
From: Coulomb effect in hybrid double quantum dot-metal nanoparticle systems considering the wetting layer
No. | Process | Substate |
|---|---|---|
1 | Capture | \(| k_{1} \rangle \rightarrow | c_{12} \rangle \) |
Assistant | \(| k_{2} \rangle \rightarrow | k_{3} \rangle \) | |
2 | Capture | \(| k_{1 h} \rangle \rightarrow | v_{32} \rangle \) |
Assist | \(| k_{2 h} \rangle \rightarrow | k_{3 h} \rangle \) | |
3 | Relaxation | \(| c_{02} \rangle \rightarrow | c_{01} \rangle \) |
Assist | \(| k_{2} \rangle \rightarrow | k_{3} \rangle \) | |
4 | Relaxation | \(| k_{2} \rangle \rightarrow | c_{01} \rangle \) |
Assist | \(| c_{11} \rangle \rightarrow | k_{3} \rangle \) | |
5 | Coulomb exchange | \(| c_{02} \rangle \rightarrow | c_{01} \rangle \) |
Assist | \(| k_{2} \rangle \rightarrow | k_{3} \rangle \) | |
6 | Mixed | \(| k_{1} \rangle \rightarrow | c_{01} \rangle \) |
Assist | \(| v_{21} \rangle \rightarrow | k_{3 h} \rangle \) | |
7 | Capture | \(| k_{1} \rangle \rightarrow | c_{12} \rangle \) |
Assist | \(| c_{01} \rangle \rightarrow | c_{11} \rangle \) | |
8 | Relaxation | \(| c_{02} \rangle \rightarrow | c_{01} \rangle \) |
Assist | \(| c_{11} \rangle \rightarrow | k_{1} \rangle \) |