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For spin-3/2 holes the anisotropic part of the instantaneous Luttinger Hamiltonian can be represented as an effective quadrupole coupling. We investigate the hole spin relaxation process induced by nonadiabatic fluctuations of this…
We investigate the hole spin-3/2 relaxation process induced by nonadiabatic stochastic modulations of the instantaneous Luttinger Hamiltonian. The theory allows to consider fluctuations of both the direction and the magnitude of a hole wave…
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We present experimental and theoretical results on hole-spin dynamics in bulk GaAs after ultrafast optical excitation. The experimental differential transmission are compared with a dynamical calculation of the momentum-resolved hole…
In this article we review our work on the dynamics and decoherence of electron and hole spins in single and double quantum dots. The first part, on electron spins, focuses on decoherence induced via the hyperfine interaction while the…
In the spirit of multi-scale modeling, we develop a theoretical framework for spin-lattice coupling that connects, on the one hand, to ab initio calculations of spin-lattice coupling parameters and, on the other hand, to the magneto-elastic…
Hole spin dephasing time due to the D'yakonov-Perel' mechanism in $p$-type GaAs (100) quantum wells with well separated light-hole and heavy-hole bands is studied by constructing and numerically solving the kinetic spin Bloch equations. We…
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Based on fully microscopic kinetic spin Bloch equation approach, we show the non-Markovian effect in spin dephasing of heavy holes in $p$-type GaAs quantum wells. The non-Markovian effect manifests itself in spin dephasing when the mean…
A general concept for the derivation of symmetry-based pseudo spin Hamiltonians is described. It systematically bridges the gap between the atomistic basis and various pseudo spin models presented in literature. It thus allows the…
We will show that in zero magnetic field the rate of the geometric spin dephasing of a light hole in two-dimensional nanostructures is equal to the rate of the one-dimensional orientational relaxation of its crystal momentum. In contrast,…
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