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Spin qubits in semiconductor quantum dots represent a prominent family of solid-state qubits in the effort to build a quantum computer. They are formed when electrons or holes are confined in a static potential well in a semiconductor,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-12 Shannon Harvey

Spin injection efficiency based on conventional and/or half-metallic ferromagnet/semiconductor is greatly limited by the Schmidt obstacle due to conductivity mismatch, here we proposed that by replacing the metallic injectors with spin…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-10-28 G. Z. Xu , X. M. Zhang , Z. P. Hou , Y. Wang , E. K. Liu , X. K. Xi , S. G. Wang , W. Q. Wang , H. Z. Luo , W. H. Wang , G. H. Wu

We have reconsidered the problem of spin injection across ferromagnet/non-magnetic-semiconductor (FM/NMS) and dilute-magnetic-semiconductor/non-magnetic-semiconductor interfaces, for structures with \textit{finite} magnetic layers (FM or…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Alexander Khaetskii , J. Carlos Egues , Daniel Loss , Charles Gould , Georg Schmidt , Laurens W. Molenkamp

We show that spin polarization of electron density in nonmagnetic degenerate semiconductors can achieve 100%. This effect is realized in ferromagnet-semiconductor $FM-n^{+}$-$n$ junctions even at moderate spin selectivity of the $FM-n^{+}$…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 A. G. Petukhov , V. N. Smelyanskiy , V. V. Osipov

Electron spins in semiconductor quantum dots are good candidates of quantum bits for quantum information processing. Basic operations of the qubit have been realized in recent years: initialization, manipulation of single spins, two qubit…

Spintronics has attracted wide attention by promising novel functionalities derived from both the electron charge and spin. While branching into new areas and creating new themes over the past years, the principal goals remain the spin and…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-11-05 C. Ertler , A. Matos-Abiague , M. Gmitra , M. Turek , J. Fabian

Theory of electrical spin injection from a ferromagnetic (FM) metal into a normal (N) conductor is presented. We show that tunnel contacts (T) can dramatically increase spin injection and solve the problem of the mismatch in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 E. I. Rashba

We fabricated a non-local spin valve device with Co-MgO injector/detector tunnel contacts on a graphene spin channel. In this device, the spin polarization of the injector contact can be tuned by both the injector current bias and the gate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-01 Sebastian Ringer , Matthias Rosenauer , Tobias Völkl , Maximilian Kadur , Franz Hopperdietzel , Dieter Weiss , Jonathan Eroms

Designing quantum analogous of classical computers components is the heart of quantum information processors. In this sense, for quantum devices, quantum transistors are believed to be as necessary as the classical ones for classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-23 Alan C Santos

An all-electrical spin resonance effect in a GaAs few-electron double quantum dot is investigated experimentally and theoretically. The magnetic field dependence and absence of associated Rabi oscillations are consistent with a novel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. A. Laird , C. Barthel , E. I. Rashba , C. M. Marcus , M. P. Hanson , A. C. Gossard

Because of their long coherence times and potential for scalability, semiconductor quantum-dot spin qubits hold great promise for quantum information processing. However, maintaining high connectivity between quantum-dot spin qubits, which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-12 Haifeng Qiao , Yadav P. Kandel , Saeed Fallahi , Geoffrey C. Gardner , Michael J. Manfra , Xuedong Hu , John M. Nichol

We propose a spin transistor using only non-magnetic materials that exploits the characteristics of bulk inversion asymmetry (BIA) in (110) symmetric quantum wells. We show that extremely large spin splittings due to BIA are possible in…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 K. C. Hall , Wayne H. Lau , K. Gundogdu , Michael E. Flatte , Thomas F. Boggess

A numerical simulation of spin-dependent quantum transport for a spin field effect transistor (spinFET) is implemented in a widely used simulator nanoMOS. This method includes the effect of both spin relaxation in the channel and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Yunfei Gao , Tony Low , Mark S. Lundstrom , Dmitri E. Nikonov

Superconducting quantum devices provide excellent connectivity and controllability while semiconductor spin qubits stand out with their long-lasting quantum coherence, fast control, and potential for miniaturization and scaling. In the last…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 Mónica Benito , Guido Burkard

An impressive success of spintronic applications has been typically realized in metal-based structures which utilize magnetoresistive effects for substantial improvements in the performance of computer hard drives and magnetic random access…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Igor Zutic , Jaroslav Fabian , Steven C. Erwin

We use a hybrid superconductor-semiconductor transmon device to perform spectroscopy of a quantum dot Josephson junction tuned to be in a spin-1/2 ground state with an unpaired quasiparticle. Due to spin-orbit coupling, we resolve two…

Ferromagnetic semiconductors play a crucial role in spintronic devices, enabling effective control of electron spin over charge. This study explores their unique properties, ongoing advancements in spin control, and potential integration…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-02-01 Nazmul Hasan

We investigate quantum coherence of electron spin transported through a semiconductor spintronic device, where spins are envisaged to be controlled by electrical means via spin-orbit interactions. To quantify the degree of spin coherence,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 Branislav K. Nikolic , Satofumi Souma

We propose a single-electron doped quantum dot in a field-effect structure as an optically triggered turnstile for spin-entangled electrons. A short laser pulse excites a charged exciton, whose quantum properties are transferred through…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Claudia Sifel , Ulrich Hohenester

Vision of ferromagnet/semiconductor hybrid as a strongly coupled but flexible spin system is presented. We analyze the experiments and argue that contrary to the common sense the nonmagnetic semiconductor plays a crucial role in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. L. Korenev , B. P. Zakharchenya