Spins in few-electron quantum dots

R Hanson, LP Kouwenhoven, JR Petta, S Tarucha… - Reviews of modern …, 2007 - APS
The canonical example of a quantum-mechanical two-level system is spin. The simplest
picture of spin is a magnetic moment pointing up or down. The full quantum properties of …

Physics of lateral triple quantum-dot molecules with controlled electron numbers

CY Hsieh, YP Shim, M Korkusinski… - Reports on Progress in …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the recent progress in theory and experiments with lateral triple quantum dots
with controlled electron numbers down to one electron in each dot. The theory covers …

Relaxation, dephasing, and quantum control of electron spins in double quantum dots

JM Taylor, JR Petta, AC Johnson, A Yacoby… - Physical Review B …, 2007 - APS
Recent experiments have demonstrated quantum manipulation of two-electron spin states in
double quantum dots using electrically controlled exchange interactions. Here we present a …

Theory of electron spin decoherence by interacting nuclear spins in a quantum dot

W Yao, RB Liu, LJ Sham - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2006 - APS
We present a quantum solution to the electron spin decoherence by a nuclear pair-
correlation method for the electron-nuclear spin dynamics under a strong magnetic field and …

Quantum theory for electron spin decoherence induced by nuclear spin dynamics in semiconductor quantum computer architectures: Spectral diffusion of localized …

WM Witzel, S Das Sarma - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2006 - APS
We consider the decoherence of a single localized electron spin due to its coupling to the
lattice nuclear spin bath in a semiconductor quantum computer architecture. In the presence …

Electron spin decoherence of single nitrogen-vacancy defects in diamond

JR Maze, JM Taylor, MD Lukin - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2008 - APS
We present a detailed theoretical analysis of the electron spin decoherence in single
nitrogen-vacancy defects in ultrapure diamond. The electron spin decoherence is due to the …

Spin echo of a single electron spin in a quantum dot

FHL Koppens, KC Nowack, LMK Vandersypen - Physical Review Letters, 2008 - APS
We report a measurement of the spin-echo decay of a single electron spin confined in a
semiconductor quantum dot. When we tip the spin in the transverse plane via a magnetic …

Electron spin dephasing due to hyperfine interactions with a nuclear spin bath

Ł Cywiński, WM Witzel, S Das Sarma - Physical review letters, 2009 - APS
We investigate pure dephasing decoherence (free induction decay and spin echo) of a spin
qubit interacting with a nuclear spin bath. While for infinite magnetic field B the only …

Pure quantum dephasing of a solid-state electron spin qubit in a large nuclear spin bath coupled by long-range hyperfine-mediated interactions

Ł Cywiński, WM Witzel, S Das Sarma - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2009 - APS
We investigate decoherence due to pure dephasing of a localized spin qubit interacting with
a nuclear spin bath. Although in the limit of a very large magnetic field the only decoherence …

Singlet-triplet decoherence due to nuclear spins in a double quantum dot

WA Coish, D Loss - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2005 - APS
We have evaluated hyperfine-induced electron spin dynamics for two electrons confined to a
double quantum dot. Our quantum solution accounts for decay of a singlet-triplet correlator …