Connecting the numerical and analytical ionization times for quantum dots in semiconductor wires driven by alternating field

Abstract

Recent numerical results for ionization of quantum dots by periodic electric field during the electric dipole spin resonance are compared with known analytical approaches. It is found that in finite-length quantum wires the numerical ionization rate is slower than the analytical one, especially for low driving field when the confinement potential strongly affects the dynamics. Still, the analytically predicted ionization times are in satisfactory correspondence with mean energy threshold times when the energy crosses the border between localized and continuum states.