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The relation between the Kondo spin relaxation rate $ {\tau_{sK}}^{-1} $ and the Kondo momentum relaxation rate $ {\tau_{eK}}^{-1} $ is explored by using nonlocal spin valves with submicron copper channels that contain dilute iron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 Xingyu Shen , Yi Ji

We report measurements of 19F nuclear spin-lattice relaxation 1/T1 as a function of temperature and external magnetic field in LiY0.998Ho0.002F4 single crystal, a single-ion magnet exhibiting interesting quantum effects. The 19F 1/T1 is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. J. Graf , A. Lascialfari , F. Borsa , A. M. Tkachuk , B. Barbara

We present muon spin lattice relaxation measurements in the V15 spin 1/2 molecular nano-magnet. We find that the relaxation rate in low magnetic fields (<5 kG) is temperature independent below ~10 K, implying that the molecular spin is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-08-28 Z. Salman , R. F. Kiefl , K. H. Chow , W. A. MacFarlane , T. Keeler , T. Parolin , S. Tabbara , D. Wang

We present measurements of spin relaxation times (T_1, T_1,rho, T_2) on very shallow (<5 nm) nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in high-purity diamond single crystals. We find a reduction of spin relaxation times up to 30x compared to bulk…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-05-15 T. Rosskopf , A. Dussaux , K. Ohashi , M. Loretz , R. Schirhagl , H. Watanabe , S. Shikata , K. M. Itoh , C. L. Degen

In response to recent proton spin relaxation-time measurements on NiCu(pba)(H$_2$O)$_3$$\cdot$2H$_2$O with ${pba}=1,3{-propylenebis(oxamato)}$, which is an excellent one-dimensional ferrimagnetic Heisenberg model system of spin-$(1,{1/2})$,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 Shoji Yamamoto

Inelastic neutron scattering is used to characterize spin fluctuations in the $d$-electron heavy fermion spinel $\rm LiV_2O_4$. The spin relaxation rate, $\Gamma_Q$, for $Q=0.6$ \AA$^{-1}$ is 1.5(1) meV at low temperatures and increases…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 S. -H. Lee , Y. Qiu , C. Broholm , Y. Ueda , J. J. Rush

Using X-band pulsed electron spin resonance, we report the intrinsic spin-lattice ($T_1$) and phase coherence ($T_2$) relaxation times in molecular nanomagnets for the first time. In Cr$_7M$ heterometallic wheels, with $M$ = Ni and Mn,…

We demonstrate electrical control of the spin relaxation time T_1 between Zeeman split spin states of a single electron in a lateral quantum dot. We find that relaxation is mediated by the spin-orbit interaction, and by manipulating the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-09-28 S. Amasha , K. MacLean , Iuliana P. Radu , D. M. Zumbuhl , M. A. Kastner , M. P. Hanson , A. C. Gossard

We develop a semiclassical kinetic theory for electron spin relaxation in semiconductors. Our approach accounts for elastic as well as inelastic scattering and treats Elliott-Yafet and motional-narrowing processes, such as D'yakonov-Perel'…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 Franz X. Bronold , Avadh Saxena , Darryl L. Smith

Spin relaxation is investigated theoretically in two-dimensional systems. Various semiconductor structures of both n- and p-types are studied in detail. The most important spin relaxation mechanisms are considered. The spin relaxation times…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 N. S. Averkiev , L. E. Golub , M. Willander

Controlling decoherence is the most challenging task in realizing quantum information hardware. Single electron spins in gallium arsenide are a leading candidate among solid- state implementations, however strong coupling to nuclear spins…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-12 Yongjie Hu , Ferdinand Kuemmeth , Charles M. Lieber , Charles M. Marcus

We report a surprisingly long spin relaxation time of electrons in Mn-doped p-GaAs. The spin relaxation time scales with the optical pumping and increases from 12 ns in the dark to 160 ns upon saturation. This behavior is associated with…

We have performed $^{59}$Co NMR measurements of CeCoIn$_5$ down to ultralow temperatures. We find that the temperature dependence of the spin-echo intensity provides a good measure of the sample temperature, enabling us to determine a pulse…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-11-02 M. Yamashita , M. Tashiro , K. Saiki , S. Yamada , M. Akazawa , M. Shimozawa , T. Taniguchi , H. Takeda , M. Takigawa , H. Shishido

The D'yakonov-Perel' mechanism of spin relaxation is connected with the spin splitting of the electron dispersion curve in crystals lacking a center of symmetry. In a two-dimensional noncentrosymmetric system, e.g. quantum well or…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. M. Glazov , E. L. Ivchenko

By solving the kinetic spin Bloch equations, we study the time evolution of the transient spin grating, whose spin polarization varies periodically in real space, confined in (001) GaAs quantum wells. With this study we can investigate the…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-03-23 M. Q. Weng , M. W. Wu , H. L. Cui

Site-dependent local spin susceptibility is investigated with $^{125}$Te nuclear magnetic resonance in a Weyl semimetal WTe$_2$. The nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate $1/T_1T$ shows a dependence of the square of temperature $T$ at high…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-04-05 Toshiki Yokoo , Yukihiro Watanabe , Masashi Kumazaki , Masayuki Itoh , Yasuhiro Shimizu

Hole spin relaxation time due to the hole-acoustic phonon scattering in GaAs quantum dots confined in quantum wells along (001) and (111) directions is studied after the exact diagonalization of Luttinger Hamiltonian. Different effects such…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Lü , J. L. Cheng , M. W. Wu

A single electron floating on the surface of a condensed noble-gas liquid or solid can act as a spin qubit with ultralong coherence time, thanks to the extraordinary purity of such systems. Previous studies suggest that the electron spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-05 Qianfan Chen , Ivar Martin , Liang Jiang , Dafei Jin

We study the mechanism of nuclear spin relaxation in quantum dots due to the electron exchange with 2D gas. We show that the nuclear spin relaxation rate is dramatically affected by the Coulomb blockade and can be controlled by gate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Y. B. Lyanda-Geller , I. L. Aleiner , B. L. Altshuler

Based on an effective Hamiltonian with the binary alloy disorder model defined in the triangular lattice, the impurity scattering effects on the density of states and especially on the spin-lattice relaxation rate $1/T_1$ of $p_x+ip_y$-wave…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 Q. Han , Z. D. Wang