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Electronic g-factor and tunable spin-orbit coupling in a gate-defined InSbAs quantum dot

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2023-11-13 v1

Abstract

We investigate transport properties of stable gate-defined quantum dots formed in an InSb0.87_{0.87}As0.13_{0.13} quantum well. High g\textit{g}-factor and strong spin-orbit-coupling make InSbx_xAs1x_{1-x} a promising platform for exploration of topological superconductivity and spin-based devices. We extract a nearly isotropic in-plane effective g\textit{g}-factor by studying the evolution of Coulomb blockade peaks and differential conductance as a function of the magnitude and direction of magnetic field. The in-plane g\textit{g}-factors, g[11ˉ0]|g^*_{[1\bar{1}0]}| and g[110]|g^*_{[110]}|, range from 49 - 58. Interestingly, this g\textit{g}-factor is higher than that found in quantum dots fabricated from pure InSb quantum wells. We demonstrate tunable spin-orbit-coupling by tracking a spin-orbit-coupling mediated avoided level crossing between the ground state and an excited state in magnetic field. By increasing the electron density, we observed an increase in an avoided crossing separation, ΔSO\Delta_{SO}. The maximum energy separation extracted is ΔSO\Delta_{SO}\sim100 μ\mueV.

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@article{arxiv.2311.05693,
  title  = {Electronic g-factor and tunable spin-orbit coupling in a gate-defined InSbAs quantum dot},
  author = {S. Metti and C. Thomas and M. J. Manfra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.05693},
  year   = {2023}
}
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