Electron spin relaxation in cubic GaN quantum dots: Perturbation theory and exact diagonalization study

Electron Spin-Phonon Relaxation in Quantum Dots

We calculate the spin relaxation rates in parabolic quantum dots due to the phonon modulation of the spin-orbit interaction in presence of an external magnetic field. Both, deformation potential (DP) and piezoelectric (PE) electron-phonon couplings are included in the Pavlov-Firsov spin-phonon Hamiltonian. We demonstrate that the spin relaxation rates are particularly sensitive with the Landé g...

Exact diagonalization and Quantum Monte Carlo studies of quantum dots

We report exact diagonalization and diffusion quantum Monte Carlo calculations of quantum dots (QDs) in which energetics due to electron-electron interactions, magnetic field, and geometrical factors compete and induce interesting ground state configurations. The geometrical effects are generated by different confining potentials such as parabolic shaped, ring shaped, and disordered potentials....

Spin relaxation in quantum dots

Results are given for spin relaxation in quantum dots due to acoustic phonon-assisted flips of single spins at low temperatures. The dominant spin relaxation processes for varying dot size, temperature, and magnetic field are identified. These processes are mediated by the spin-orbit interaction and are described within a generalized effective mass treatment. Particular attention is given to ph...

Electron spin relaxation by nuclei in semiconductor quantum dots

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...

Spin dynamics in a double quantum dot: Exact diagonalization study