Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2002-11-28
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Revtex, 11 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.67.195329
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 $A$. We show that the usual treatment of the problem based on the Markovian approximation is impossible because the correlation time for the nuclear magnetic field seen by the electron spin is itself determined by the flip-flop processes. The decay of the electron spin correlation function is not exponential but rather power (inverse logarithm) law-like. For 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 decay time is given by $\hbar N/A$, where $N$ is 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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