Electron Dynamics News Today

The quickest and smallest details of the electron dynamics in atoms were imaged by a global team headed by scientists from the Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD at Leibniz University Hannover (Germany).

A group at HZB has worked out theoretically how the communication between two quantum dots can be influenced with light. The team led by Annika Bande also shows ways to control the transfer of information or energy from one quantum dot to another. To this end, the researchers calculated the electronic structure of two nanocrystals, which act as quantum dots. With the results, the movement of electrons in quantum dots can be simulated in real time.