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Spin decay in a quantum dot coupled to a quantum point contact

Borhani, Massoud and Golovach, Vitaly N. and Loss, Daniel. (2008) Spin decay in a quantum dot coupled to a quantum point contact. In: Controllable quantum states : mesoscopic superconductivity and spintronics ; proceedings of the [fourth] International Symposium. Singapore, pp. 256-261.

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Abstract

We consider a mechanism of spin decay for an electron spin in a quantum dot due to coupling to a nearby quantum point contact (QPC) with and without an applied bias voltage. The coupling of spin to charge is induced by the spin-orbit interaction in the presence of a magnetic field. We perform a microscopic calculation of the effective Hamiltonian coupling constants to obtain the QPC-induced spin relaxation and decoherence rates in a realistic system. This rate is shown to be proportional to the shot noise of the QPC in the regime of large bias voltage and scales as a(-6) where a is the distance between the quantum dot and the QPC. We find that, for some specific orientations of the setup with respect to the crystallographic axes, the QPC-induced spin relaxation and decoherence rates vanish, while the charge sensitivity of the QPC is not changed. This result can be used in experiments to minimize QPC-induced spin decay in read-out schemes.(1)
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Physik > Physik > Theoretische Physik Mesoscopics (Loss)
UniBasel Contributors:Loss, Daniel
Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item, refereed
Conference or workshop item Subtype:Conference Paper
Publisher:World Scientific
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Conference paper
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Deposited On:22 Mar 2012 13:57

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