Phonon-assisted relaxation between triplet and singlet states in a self-assembled double quantum dot

Abstract We study theoretically phonon-induced spin dynamics of two electrons confined in a self-assembled double quantum dot. We calculate the transition rates and time evolution of occupations for the spin-triplet and spin-singlet states. We characterize the relative importance of various relaxati...

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Main Authors: Krzysztof Gawarecki, Paweł Machnikowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94621-7
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spelling doaj-08744c7d11d34049835753f252e8c8602021-08-01T11:27:21ZengNature Publishing GroupScientific Reports2045-23222021-07-0111111210.1038/s41598-021-94621-7Phonon-assisted relaxation between triplet and singlet states in a self-assembled double quantum dotKrzysztof Gawarecki0Paweł Machnikowski1Department of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wrocław University of Science and TechnologyDepartment of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wrocław University of Science and TechnologyAbstract We study theoretically phonon-induced spin dynamics of two electrons confined in a self-assembled double quantum dot. We calculate the transition rates and time evolution of occupations for the spin-triplet and spin-singlet states. We characterize the relative importance of various relaxation channels, including two-phonon processes, as a function of the electric and magnetic fields. The simulations are based on a model combining the eight-band $$\varvec{k}\!\cdot \!\varvec{p}$$ k · p method and configuration-interaction approach. We show that the electron g-factor mismatch between the Zeeman doublets localized on different dots opens a relatively fast triplet-singlet phonon-assisted relaxation channel. We also demonstrate, that the relaxation near the triplet-singlet anticrossing is slowed down up to several orders of magnitude due to vanishing of some relaxation channels.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94621-7
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Phonon-assisted relaxation between triplet and singlet states in a self-assembled double quantum dot
Scientific Reports
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Paweł Machnikowski
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title Phonon-assisted relaxation between triplet and singlet states in a self-assembled double quantum dot
title_short Phonon-assisted relaxation between triplet and singlet states in a self-assembled double quantum dot
title_full Phonon-assisted relaxation between triplet and singlet states in a self-assembled double quantum dot
title_fullStr Phonon-assisted relaxation between triplet and singlet states in a self-assembled double quantum dot
title_full_unstemmed Phonon-assisted relaxation between triplet and singlet states in a self-assembled double quantum dot
title_sort phonon-assisted relaxation between triplet and singlet states in a self-assembled double quantum dot
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Scientific Reports
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publishDate 2021-07-01
description Abstract We study theoretically phonon-induced spin dynamics of two electrons confined in a self-assembled double quantum dot. We calculate the transition rates and time evolution of occupations for the spin-triplet and spin-singlet states. We characterize the relative importance of various relaxation channels, including two-phonon processes, as a function of the electric and magnetic fields. The simulations are based on a model combining the eight-band $$\varvec{k}\!\cdot \!\varvec{p}$$ k · p method and configuration-interaction approach. We show that the electron g-factor mismatch between the Zeeman doublets localized on different dots opens a relatively fast triplet-singlet phonon-assisted relaxation channel. We also demonstrate, that the relaxation near the triplet-singlet anticrossing is slowed down up to several orders of magnitude due to vanishing of some relaxation channels.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94621-7
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