Ground-State Properties of an Artificial Molecule: a Simple Model Calculation for the Double Quantum Dot

The ground state of a double quantum-dot structure is studied by a simplified Anderson-type model. Numerical calculations reveal that the ground-state 1evel of this artificial molecule increases with the increasing single particle level of the dot, and also increases with the decreasing transfer integrals. We show the staircase feature of the electron occupation and the properties of the ground-state eigenvector by varying the single particle level of the dot.