Direct measurement of spin-flip rates of a self-assembled InAs double quantum dot in single-electron tunneling

authored by: Olfa Dani, Robert Hussein, Johannes C. Bayer, Klaus Pierz, Sigmund Kohler, Rolf J. Haug
Abstract: Spin flips are one of the limiting factors for spin-based information processing. We demonstrate a transport approach for determining the spin-flip rates of a self-assembled InAs double quantum dot occupied by a single electron. In such devices, different Landé factors lead to an inhomogeneous Zeeman splitting, so that the two spin channels can never be at resonance simultaneously, leading to a spin blockade at low temperatures. This blockade is analyzed in terms of spin flips for different temperatures and magnetic fields. Our results are in good agreement with a quantum master equation that combines the dot-lead couplings with ohmic dissipation stemming from spin-flip cotunneling.
Organisation(s): Institute of Solid State Physics
QuantumFrontiers
External Organisation(s): Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt PTB
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Type: Article
Journal: Physical Review B
Volume: 109
No. of pages: 6
ISSN: 2469-9950
Publication date: 15.03.2024
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2310.11259 (Access: Open)
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.L121404 (Access: Closed)

BibTeX

@article{fe10a54a5d8e4b39ae1ceca1eca6f543,
title = "Direct measurement of spin-flip rates of a self-assembled InAs double quantum dot in single-electron tunneling",
abstract = "Spin flips are one of the limiting factors for spin-based information processing. We demonstrate a transport approach for determining the spin-flip rates of a self-assembled InAs double quantum dot occupied by a single electron. In such devices, different Land{\'e} factors lead to an inhomogeneous Zeeman splitting, so that the two spin channels can never be at resonance simultaneously, leading to a spin blockade at low temperatures. This blockade is analyzed in terms of spin flips for different temperatures and magnetic fields. Our results are in good agreement with a quantum master equation that combines the dot-lead couplings with ohmic dissipation stemming from spin-flip cotunneling.",
author = "Olfa Dani and Robert Hussein and Bayer, {Johannes C.} and Klaus Pierz and Sigmund Kohler and Haug, {Rolf J.}",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgment. This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC 2123 QuantumFrontiers – 390837967, the State of Lower Saxony of Germany via the Hannover School for Nanotechnology, and by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities (Grant No. PID2020-117787GB-I00), and by the CSIC Research Platform on Quantum Technologies PTI-001. ",
year = "2024",
month = mar,
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doi = "10.48550/arXiv.2310.11259",
language = "English",
volume = "109",
journal = "Physical Review B",
issn = "2469-9950",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics",
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