Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2002-01-17
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
4 pages, Revtex
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.186802
We study the decoherence of a single electron spin in an isolated quantum dot induced by hyperfine interaction with nuclei for times smaller than the nuclear spin relaxation time. The decay is caused by the spatial variation of the electron envelope wave function within the dot, leading to a non-uniform hyperfine coupling. We evaluate the spin correlation function with and without magnetic fields and find that the decay of the spin precession amplitude is not exponential but rather power (inverse logarithm) law-like. For fully polarized nuclei we find an exact solution and show that the precession amplitude and the decay behavior can be tuned by the magnetic field. The corresponding decay time is given by $\hbar N/A$, where $A$ is a hyperfine interaction constant and $N$ the number of nuclei inside the dot. The amplitude of precession, reached as a result of the decay, is finite. We show that there is a striking difference between the decoherence time for a single dot and the dephasing time for an ensemble of dots.
Glazman Leonid
Khaetskii Alexander
Loss Daniel
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