Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2009-05-12
Physica Status Solidi B 246, 2203 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
12 pages, 6 figures, submitted as an invited feature article in Physica Status Solidi (b); v2: added references, corrected In
Scientific paper
10.1002/pssb.200945229
We review recent theoretical and experimental advances toward understanding the effects of nuclear spins in confined nanostructures. These systems, which include quantum dots, defect centers, and molecular magnets, are particularly interesting for their importance in quantum information processing devices, which aim to coherently manipulate single electron spins with high precision. On one hand, interactions between confined electron spins and a nuclear-spin environment provide a decoherence source for the electron, and on the other, a strong effective magnetic field that can be used to execute local coherent rotations. A great deal of effort has been directed toward understanding the details of the relevant decoherence processes and to find new methods to manipulate the coupled electron-nuclear system. A sequence of spectacular new results have provided understanding of spin-bath decoherence, nuclear spin diffusion, and preparation of the nuclear state through dynamic polarization and more general manipulation of the nuclear-spin density matrix through "state narrowing". These results demonstrate the richness of this physical system and promise many new mysteries for the future.
Baugh James
Coish William A.
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