Control and Detection of Singlet-Triplet Mixing in a Random Nuclear Field

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2 September 2005

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/0509053

Abstract

We observe mixing between two-electron singlet and triplet states in a double quantum dot, caused by interactions with nuclear spins in the host semiconductor. This mixing is suppressed by applying a small magnetic field, or by increasing the interdot tunnel coupling and thereby the singlet-triplet splitting. Electron transport involving transitions between triplets and singlets in turn polarizes the nuclei, resulting in striking bistabilities. We extract from the fluctuating nuclear field a limitation on the time-averaged spin coherence time T2* of 25 ns. Control of the electron-nuclear interaction will therefore be crucial for the coherent manipulation of individual electron spins.

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