GROUND STATE LIFETIME OF STRONG-COUPLING MAGNETOPOLARON IN AN ASYMMETRIC QUANTUM DOT

Abstract

The ground state lifetime of a magnetopolaron was investigated with electron–LO-phonon strong coupling in an asymmetric quantum dot using the linear combination operator and unitary transformation methods. Quantum transition, which cause changes of the magnetopolaron lifetime, occurs in the quantum system due to electron–phonon interaction and the influence of external temperature, that is, the magnetopolaron leaps from the ground state to the first excited state after absorbing a LO-phonon. The expressions of the ground state lifetime of the magnetopolaron as a function of the ground state energy, the transverse and longitudinal confinement lengths of quantum dot, the electron–phonon coupling strength, the cyclotron vibration frequency and the external temperature were obtained. Numerical calculations have been performed and the results show that the ground state lifetime of the magnetopolaron increases with increasing the ground state energy and the cyclotron vibration frequency, and decreases with increasing the transverse and longitudinal confinement lengths of the quantum dot, the coupling strength and the external temperature.