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We investigate theoretically the energy exchange between electrons of two co-propagating, out-of-equilibrium edge states with opposite spin polarization in the integer quantum Hall regime. A quantum dot tunnel-coupled to one of the edge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-11 Anders Mathias Lunde , Simon E. Nigg

Spin-dependent transport measurements through a double quantum dot are a valuable tool for detecting both the coherent evolution of the spin state of a single electron as well as the hybridization of two-electron spin states. In this paper,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. H. L. Koppens , C. Buizert , I. T. Vink , K. C. Nowack , T. Meunier , L. P. Kouwenhoven , L. M. K. Vandersypen

We consider a mechanism of spin decay for an electron spin in a quantum dot due to coupling to a nearby quantum point contact (QPC) with and without an applied bias voltage. The coupling of spin to charge is induced by the spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Massoud Borhani , Vitaly N. Golovach , Daniel Loss

We derive a closed expression for the linear conductance through a quantum dot in the Coulomb-blockade regime in the presence of a constant exchange interaction. With this expression we calculate the temperature dependence of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Y. Alhassid , T. Rupp

The spin relaxation of a two-dimensional electron system (2DES) formed in a symmetric quantum well is studied theoretically when the quantum well is parallel to the (110) plane of the zinc-blende structure, the spin polarization is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-28 Hiroshi Akera , Hidekatsu Suzuura , Yoshiyuki Egami

We study spin relaxation in a two-electron quantum dot in the vicinity of the singlet-triplet crossing. The spin relaxation occurs due to a combined effect of the spin-orbit, Zeeman, and electron-phonon interactions. The singlet-triplet…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Vitaly N. Golovach , Alexander Khaetskii , Daniel Loss

The temperature-dependent electron spin relaxation of positively charged excitons in a single InAs quantum dot (QD) was measured by time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy at zero applied magnetic fields. The experimental results show…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 X. M. Dou , B. Q. Sun , D. S. Jiang , H. Q. Ni , Z. C. Niu

We consider theoretically the relaxation of electron spin component parallel to the growth direction in multiple (110) GaAs quantum wells. The sources of spin relaxation are the random Rashba spin-orbit coupling due to the electric field of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-05-10 M. M. Glazov , M. A. Semina , E. Ya. Sherman

We have studied direct and Raman processes of the decay of electron spin states in a quantum dot via radiation of phonons corresponding to elastic twists. Universal dependence of the spin relaxation rate on the strength and direction of the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 C. Calero , E. M. Chudnovsky , D. A. Garanin

We study the nonequilibrium spin transport through a quantum dot containing two spin levels coupled to the magnetic electrodes. A formula for the spin-dependent current is obtained and is applied to discuss the linear conductance and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ping Zhang , Qi-Kun Xue , Yu-Peng Wang , X. C. Xie

A two-electron system confined in two coupled semiconductor quantum dots is investigated as a candidate for performing quantum logic operations on spin qubits. We study different processes of swapping the electron spins by controlled…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Moskal , S. Bednarek , J. Adamowski

We investigate spin currents and spin-current correlations for double quantum dots in the spin blockade regime. By analysing the time evolution of the density matrix, we obtain the spin resolved currents and derive from a generating…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-11-21 Rafael Sánchez , Sigmund Kohler , Gloria Platero

We employ the method of the theory of open quantum systems to analyze spin relaxation and decoherence in semiconductors in the presence of a magnetic field. We derive a set of Bloch equations for electron spin with a fully microscopic…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Vadim I. Puller , Lev G. Mourokh , Norman J. M. Horing , Anatoly Yu. Smirnov

We calculate the spin relaxation rates in a parabolic InSb quantum dots due to the spin interaction with acoustical phonons. We considered the deformation potential mechanism as the dominant electron-phonon coupling in the Pavlov-Firsov…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. L. Romano , G. E. Marques , L. Sanz , A. M. Alcalde

Coherent two-level systems, or qubits, based on electron spins in GaAs quantum dots are strongly coupled to the nuclear spins of the host lattice via the hyperfine interaction. Realizing nuclear spin control would likely improve electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-06-15 D. J. Reilly , J. M. Taylor , J. R. Petta , C. M. Marcus , M. P. Hanson , A. C. Gossard

The spin relaxation time $T_{1}$ in zinc blende GaN quantum dot is investigated for different magnetic field, well width and quantum dot diameter. The spin relaxation caused by the two most important spin relaxation mechanisms in zinc…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-04-11 M. Q. Weng , Y. Y. Wang , M. W. Wu

We study electron spin dynamics whose movement is restricted to the lowest one dimensional subband channel ($G \le 2e^2/h $), through nuclear spin relaxation rate measurement ($1/T_1$). We observe an unusual double-peak structure in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-27 M. H. Fauzi , M. Takahashi , T. Aono , K. Hashimoto , Y. Hirayama

We present measurements on spin blockade in a laterally integrated quantum dot. The dot is tuned into the regime of strong Coulomb blockade, confining ~ 50 electrons. At certain electronic states we find an additional mechanism suppressing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. K. Huettel , H. Qin , A. W. Holleitner , R. H. Blick , K. Neumaier , D. Weinmann , K. Eberl , J. P. Kotthaus

Controlling electron spins in double quantum dots allows individual electrons to be trapped and manipulated for next-generation solid-state qubit devices. In this paper, the study analyzes spin relaxation due to deformation potentials of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Sanjay Prabhakar

We investigated the time dependence of two-electron spin states in a double quantum dot fabricated in an InAs nanowire. In this system, spin-orbit interaction has substantial influence on the spin states of confined electrons. Pumping…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-04-30 A. Pfund , I. Shorubalko , K. Ensslin , R. Leturcq