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We investigate the Zeeman splitting of two-dimensional electrons in an asymmetric silicon quantum well, by electron-spin-resonance (ESR) experiments. Applying a small dc current we observe a shift in the resonance field due to the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 Zbyslaw Wilamowski , Hans Malissa , Friedrich Schäffler , Wolfgang Jantsch

We theoretically propose a method of rectifying spin current with a linearly-polarized electromagnetic wave in inversion-asymmetric magnetic insulators. To demonstrate the proposal, we consider quantum spin chains as a simple example; these…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-05-22 Hiroaki Ishizuka , Masahiro Sato

We implement a microscopic spin filter for cold fermionic atoms in a quantum point contact (QPC) and create fully spin-polarized currents while retaining conductance quantization. Key to our scheme is a near-resonant optical tweezer…

It was proposed that a double quantum dot can be used to be a detector of spin bias. Electron transport through a double quantum dot is investigated theoretically when a pure spin bias is applied on two conducting leads contacted to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Qing-feng Sun , Yanxia Xing , Shun-Qing Shen

We propose a device acting as a spin valve which is based on a double quantum dot structure with parallel topology. Using the exact analytical solution for the noninteracting case we argue that, at a certain constellation of system…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-03-18 J. P. Dahlhaus , S. Maier , A. Komnik

We study the spin and charge dynamics of electrons in n-doped II--VI semiconductor multiple quantum wells when one or more quantum wells are doped with Mn. The interplay between strongly nonlinear inter-well charge transport and the large…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Manuel Bejar , David Sanchez , Gloria Platero , A. H. MacDonald

The coherent spin dependent transport through a set of two capacitively coupled quantum dots placed in a magnetic field is considered within the equation of motion method. The magnetic field breaks the spin degeneracy. For special choices…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Lipinski , D. Krychowski

We study the spin-dependent transport properties of a spin valve based on a double quantum dot. Each quantum dot is assumed to be strongly coupled to its own ferromagnetic lead, while the coupling between the dots is relatively weak. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-21 Patrycja Tulewicz , Kacper Wrzesniewski , Szabolcs Csonka , Ireneusz Weymann

A quantum dot with spin-orbit interaction can work as an efficient spin filter if it is connected to N (> 2) external leads via tunnel barriers. When an unpolarized current is injected to a quantum dot from a lead, polarized currents are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-12-30 Mikio Eto , Tomohiro Yokoyama

Within the scheme of quantum rate equations, we investigate the spin-resolved transport through a double quantum dot system with four ferromagnetic terminals. It is found that the injection efficiency of spin-polarized electrons can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Ling Qin , Hai-Feng Lu , Yong Guo

We propose a simple scheme for the spin filter by studying the coherent transport of electrons through a double-bend structure in a quantum wire with a weak lateral magnetic potential which is much weaker than the Fermi energy of the leads.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Q. W. Shi , J. Zhou , M. W. Wu

We show theoretically that a strongly spin-polarized current can be generated in semiconductors by taking advantage of the ferromagnetic phase of a quantum dot array (QDA). A Hubbard model with coupling to leads is used to study the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 David M. -T. Kuo , Y. -C. Chang

We derive a formalism describing quantum-coherent features of spin-polarized charge current through a partially-polarized spin triplet defect in a $\textit{transverse}$ magnetic field. We predict distinct few-milli-tesla-dc…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-03 Stephen R. McMillan , Michael E. Flatté

Spin-orbit coupling is key to all-electrical control of quantum-dot spin qubits, and is frequently stronger for holes than for electrons. Here we investigate Pauli spin blockade for two heavy holes in a gated double quantum dot in an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-31 Jo-Tzu Hung , Elizabeth Marcellina , Bin Wang , Alexander R. Hamilton , Dimitrie Culcer

We present a proposal for a fully electrically controllable quantum dot based spin current injector. The device consists of a quantum dot that is strongly coupled to a ferromagnetic electrode on one side and weakly coupled to a nonmagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-23 Szabolcs Csonka , Ireneusz Weymann , Gergely Zarand

We present a theoretical study of magnetic field driven spin transitions of electrons in coupled lateral quantum dot molecules. A detailed numerical study of spin phases of artificial molecules composed of two laterally coupled quantum dots…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Ramin M. Abolfath , Pawel Hawrylak

We analyze coherent spin phenomena in triple quantum dots in triangular configuration under crossed DC and AC magnetic fields. In particular, we discuss the interplay between Aharonov-Bohm current oscillations, coherent electron trapping…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-03-16 Maria Busl , Rafael Sánchez , Gloria Platero

We examine electronic transport in a spin-blockaded double quantum dot. We show that by tuning the strength of the spin-orbit interaction the current flowing through the double dot exhibits a dip at zero magnetic field or a peak at a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 G. Giavaras , Neill Lambert , Franco Nori

We consider low temperature transport through a lateral quantum dot asymmetrically coupled to two conducting leads, and tuned to the mixed-valence region separating two adjacent Coulomb blockade valleys with spin S=1/2 and S=1 on the dot.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Pustilnik , L. Borda

We investigate the possiblity of creating directed spin-polarized currents in a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) subject to an asymmetric magnetic field and an external adiabatic driving. We thereby generalize concepts of quantum charge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Matthias Scheid , Michael Wimmer , Dario Bercioux , Klaus Richter