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Due to its p-like character, the valence band in GaAs-based heterostructures offers rich and complex spin-dependent phenomena. One manifestation is the large anisotropy of Zeeman spin splitting. Using undoped, coupled quantum wells (QWs),…
We show that the electron and hole Lande g factors in self-assembled III-V quantum dots have a rich structure intermediate between that expected for paramagnetic atomic impurities and for bulk semiconductors. Strain, dot geometry, and…
We report studies of $k$-dependent Land\'e $g$-factor, performed by both continuous media approximation k.p method, and atomistic tight-binding sp$^3$d$^5$s$^*$ approach. We propose an effective, mesoscopic model for InAs that we are able…
Electrically tunable g-factors in quantum dots are highly desirable for applications in quantum computing and spintronics. We report giant modulation of the hole g-factor in a SiGe nanocrystal when an electric field is applied to the…
We report on growth and characterization of individual InAsP/GaInP quantum dots with variable nominal As molar fraction. Magneto-photoluminescence experiments reveal QD emission in a wide range from 1.3 to 1.8 eV confirming incorporation of…
We report the observation of Kondo physics in a spin- 3/2 hole quantum dot. The dot is formed close to pinch-off in a hole quantum wire defined in an undoped AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructure. We clearly observe two distinctive hallmarks of…
We measure the effective Lande g-factor of high-mobility two-dimensional electrons in a modulation-doped AlAs quantum well by tilting the sample in a magnetic field and monitoring the evolution of the magnetoresistance oscillations. The…
We use an $sp^3d^5s^* $ tight-binding model to investigate the electronic and optical properties of realistic site-controlled (111)-oriented InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots. Special attention is paid to the impact of random alloy fluctuations on…
We have performed transport spectroscopy on individual ropes of single-walled carbon nanotubes. We find that the levels are Zeeman split in a magnetic field, with a g-factor of 2.04 +- 0.05. The observed pattern of peak splittings indicates…
In this paper, polarized photoluminescence caused by exciton quasi-equilibrium spin orientation on Zeeman sublevels in an ensemble of quantum dots of different sizes is theoretically studied. It is found that: (i) the splitting of the…
Nanowire heterostructures define high-quality few-electron quantum dots for nanoelectronics, spintronics and quantum information processing. We use a cooled scanning probe microscope (SPM) to image and control an InAs quantum dot in an…
The effects of spin-orbit scattering on discrete electronic energy levels are studied in copper, silver, and gold nanoparticles. Level-to-level fluctuations of the effective $g$-factor for Zeeman splitting are characterized, and the…
We develop a general method to calculate Zeeman splittings of electrons and holes in semiconductor nanostructures within the tight-binding framework. The calculation is carried out in the electron-hole picture and is extensible to the…
Spin splitting in p-type semiconductor nanowires is strongly affected by the interplay between quantum confinement and spin-orbit coupling in the valence band. The latter's particular importance is revealed in our systematic theoretical…
A new approach to the growth of diluted magnetic semiconductors with two dimensional electron gas in InAs quantum well has been developed. The method is based on molecular-beam epitaxy of coherent "hybrid" AlSb/InAs/(Zn,Mn)Te…
We have determined the Land\'e factor g* in self-organized InAs quantum dots using resonant-tunnelling experiments. With the magnetic field applied parallel to the growth direction z we find g*_\parallel = 0.75 for the specific dot…
Zeeman splitting of quantum-confined states of excitons in InGaAs quantum wells (QWs) is experimentally found to depend strongly on quantization energy. Moreover, it changes sign when the quantization energy increases with a decrease in the…
We study the low-energy spectrum of a single hole confined in a planar Ge quantum dot (QD) within the effective-mass formalism. The QD is sandwiched between two GeSi barriers of finite potential height grown along the [001] direction. To…
We theoretically study the effects of bias-controlled interdot tunneling in vertically coupled quantum dots on the emission properties of spin excitons in various bias-controlled tunneling regimes. As a main result, for strongly coupled…
We theoretically consider g factor and spin lifetimes of holes in a longitudinal Ge/Si core/shell nanowire quantum dot that is exposed to external magnetic and electric fields. For the ground states, we find a large anisotropy of the g…