Quantum dots in a strong magnetic field: Quasi-classical consideration
Abstract The electron motion in strong magnetic fields (when only the lowest Landau level is populated) is considered. In this case the electron kinetic energy is frozen out and the electrons are guided by a slowly varied potential. Using the adiabatic procedure and expansion in magnetic length series an approximate description is developed. In zeroth order this approximation leads to the classical equations of motion describing the Larmor circle driiPt in the potential gradient. In the second order the special quantum mechanical description where the electron potential energy plays the role of the total Hamiltonian is constructed. Simple examples of a single and two electrons in the parabolic dot demonstrates that the proposed approximate description gives the main features of the electron system spectrum and the collective phenomena.