Borhani, M. and Golovach, V. N. and Loss, D.. (2006) Spin decay in a quantum dot coupled to a quantum point contact. Physical Review B, Vol. 73, H. 15 , 155311, 11 S..
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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 readout schemes.
Faculties and Departments: | 05 Faculty of Science > Departement Physik > Physik > Theoretische Physik Mesoscopics (Loss) |
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UniBasel Contributors: | Loss, Daniel |
Item Type: | Article, refereed |
Article Subtype: | Research Article |
Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
ISSN: | 0163-1829 |
Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
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Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2012 14:25 |
Deposited On: | 22 Mar 2012 13:48 |
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