Electron spin relaxation by nuclei in semiconductor quantum dots

Details Electron spin relaxation by nuclei in semiconductor quantum dots Electron spin relaxation by nuclei in semiconductor quantum dots

2002-02-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0202271v1

Physical Review B, volume 65, 205309 (2002)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.65.205309

We have studied theoretically the electron spin relaxation in semiconductor quantum dots via interaction with nuclear spins. The relaxation is shown to be determined by three processes: (i) -- the precession of the electron spin in the hyperfine field of the frozen fluctuation of the nuclear spins; (ii) -- the precession of the nuclear spins in the hyperfine field of the electron; and (iii) -- the precession of the nuclear spin in the dipole field of its nuclear neighbors. In external magnetic fields the relaxation of electron spins directed along the magnetic field is suppressed. Electron spins directed transverse to the magnetic field relax completely in a time on the order of the precession period of its spin in the field of the frozen fluctuation of the nuclear spins. Comparison with experiment shows that the hyperfine interaction with nuclei may be the dominant mechanism of electron spin relaxation in quantum dots.

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