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Automated tuning of inter-dot tunnel couplings in quantum dot arrays
Semiconductor quantum dot arrays defined electrostatically in a 2D electron
gas provide a scalable platform for quantum information processing and quantum
simulations. For the operation of quantum dot arrays, appropriate voltages need
to be applied to the gate electrodes that define the quantum dot potential
landscape. Tuning the gate voltages has proven to be a time-consuming task,
because of initial electrostatic disorder and capacitive cross-talk effects.
Here, we report on the automated tuning of the inter-dot tunnel coupling in a
linear array of gate-defined semiconductor quantum dots. The automation of the
tuning of the inter-dot tunnel coupling is the next step forward in scalable
and efficient control of larger quantum dot arrays. This work greatly reduces
the effort of tuning semiconductor quantum dots for quantum information
processing and quantum simulation
Coulomb effects in semiconductor quantum dots
Coulomb correlations in the optical spectra of semiconductor quantum dots are
investigated using a full-diagonalization approach. The resulting multi-exciton
spectra are discussed in terms of the symmetry of the involved states.
Characteristic features of the spectra like the nearly equidistantly spaced
s-shell emission lines and the approximately constant p-shell transition
energies are explained using simplified Hamiltonians that are derived taking
into account the relative importance of various interaction contributions.
Comparisons with previous results in the literature and their interpretation
are made.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figure
Spin relaxation in semiconductor quantum dots
We have studied the physical processes responsible for the spin -flip in GaAs
quantum dots. We have calculated the rates for different mechanisms which are
related to spin-orbit coupling and cause a spin-flip during the inelastic
relaxation of the electron in the dot both with and without a magnetic field.
We have shown that the zero-dimensional character of the problem when electron
wave functions are localized in all directions leads to freezing out of the
most effective spin-flip mechanisms related to the absence of the inversion
centers in the elementary crystal cell and at the heterointerface and, as a
result, to unusually low spin-flip rates.Comment: 6 pages, RevTe
Competing interactions in semiconductor quantum dots
We introduce an integrability-based method enabling the study of
semiconductor quantum dot models incorporating both the full hyperfine
interaction as well as a mean-field treatment of dipole-dipole interactions in
the nuclear spin bath. By performing free induction decay and spin echo
simulations we characterize the combined effect of both types of interactions
on the decoherence of the electron spin, for external fields ranging from low
to high values. We show that for spin echo simulations the hyperfine
interaction is the dominant source of decoherence at short times for low
fields, and competes with the dipole-dipole interactions at longer times. On
the contrary, at high fields the main source of decay is due to the
dipole-dipole interactions. In the latter regime an asymmetry in the echo is
observed. Furthermore, the non-decaying fraction previously observed for zero
field free induction decay simulations in quantum dots with only hyperfine
interactions, is destroyed for longer times by the mean-field treatment of the
dipolar interactions.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures [v2: subsection and references added
Optical spectra of quantum dots: effects of non-adiabaticity
It is shown that in many cases an adequate description of optical spectra of
semiconductor quantum dots requires a treatment beyond the commonly used
adiabatic approximation. We have developed a theory of phonon-assisted optical
transitions in semiconductor quantum dots, which takes into account
non-adiabaticity of the exciton-phonon system. Effects of non-adiabaticity lead
to a mixing of different exciton and phonon states that provides a key to the
understanding of surprisingly high intensities of phonon satellites observed in
photoluminescence spectra of quantum dots. A breakdown of the adiabatic
approximation gives an explanation also for discrepancies between the serial
law, observed in multi-phonon optical spectra of some quantum dots, and the
Franck-Condon progression, prescribed by the adiabatic approach.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, E-mail addresses: [email protected],
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Intrinsic spin dynamics in semiconductor quantum dots
We investigate the characteristic spin dynamics corresponding to
semiconductor quantum dots within the multiband envelope function approximation
(EFA). By numerically solving an Hamiltonian we treat
systems based on different III-V semiconductor materials.It is shown that, even
in the absence of an applied magnetic field, these systems show intrinsic spin
dynamics governed by intraband and interband transitions leading to
characteristic spin frequencies ranging from the THz to optical frequencies.Comment: to be published in Nanotechnology. Separated figure file
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