Effect of Quantum Point Contact Measurement on Electron Spin State in Quantum Dots

We study the time evolution of two electron spin states in a double quantum-dot system, which includes a nearby quantum point contact （QPC） as a measurement device. We find that the QPC measurement induced decoherence is in the microsecond timescale. We also find that the enhanced QPC measurement will trap the system in its initial spin states, which is consistent with the quantum Zeno effect.     

Enhanced Spin Seebeck Efficiency in Closed Triple Quantum Dots Ring with Spin-Dependent Interdot Couplings

Spin Seebeck effect (SSE) in triple quantum dots coupled to ferromagnetic leads is studied by using the Keldysh nonequilibrium Green’s function technique. In low temperature regimes, the Fano effect arising from the interferences between the isolated states and the continuum plays an dominant role in the electronic and thermoelectric transport processes. The Seebeck coefficient depends on spin degree of freedom when the leads’ magnetic moments are in parallel configuration. When the leads’ polarization is varied, the charge Seebeck coefficients are less influenced, whereas those of the spin counterparts are obviously changed. The magnitudes of both the SSE coefficient and the spin figure of merit (FOM) will be enhanced by increasing the asymmetry of the leads’ spin polarization. In the presence of the spin-dependent interdot couplings, the strengths of the charge and spin thermoelectric quantities are individually suppressed and enhanced, and then the magnitudes of the SSE coefficient and the spin FOM are comparable to those of the charge counterparts. Interestingly, by the joint effects of the ferromagnetism on the leads and the spin-dependent interdot couplings, the spin thermopower can even changes its sign around the antiresonance states.

     

Giant Kondo Resonance of Parallel-Coupled Double Quantum Dots Embedded in an A-B Ring

We theoretically study the properties of the ground state of the parallel-coupled double quantum dots embedded in a mesoscopic ring in the Kondo regime by means of the two-impurity Anderson Hamiltonian. The Hamiltonian is solved by means of the slave-boson mean-field theory. We find that in this system, the persistent current depends sensitively on both the parity of this system and the size of the ring. In the strong coupling regime, the giant sharp current peak appears, at the same time, the parity dependence of the persistent current disappears. These imply that in the strong coupling regime, there exists giant Kondo resonance and the two dots can be coupled coherently. Thus this system might be a candidate for future device applications.     

Electron Spin Resonance in an AlAs Quantum Well near Filling Factor 1

JETP Letters - The phenomenon of spin resonance of two-dimensional electrons confined in a 16 nm AlAs quantum well is studied in the quantum Hall effect regime near filling factor 1. At a...     

Electron Spins in Quantum Dots as Quantum Bits

The creation, coherent manipulation, and measurement of spins in nanostructures open up completely new possibilities for electronics and information processing, among them quantum computing and quantum communication. We review our theoretical proposal for using electron spins in quantum dots as quantum bits, explaining why this scheme satisfies all the essential requirements for quantum computing. We include a discussion of the recent measurements of surprisingly long spin coherence times in semiconductors. Quantum gate mechanisms in laterally and vertically tunnel-coupled quantum dots and methods for single-spin measurements are introduced. We discuss detection and transport of electronic EPR pairs in normal and superconducting systems.     

气源MBE外延自组装GeSi量子点的光致荧光

利用气源分子束外延技术(MBE)制作了GeSi自组装量子点样品.利用原子力显微镜(AFM)和光致荧光(PL)光谱研究了该量子点的形貌和光学性质.气源MBE在较低温度下生长的量子点材料具有较高的量子点覆盖度.200K以下载流子以局域激子形式束缚在量子点中,激子束缚能约为17 meV.升温至200 K,载流子的输运过程发生...     

碳量子点/罗丹明B分子复合体系中的能量和电子转移过程研究

本文采用荧光光谱结合稳态和瞬态吸收光谱技术,研究了碳量子点(CQDs)/罗丹明B(RhB)分子复合体系o-CQDs/RhB和m-CQDs/RhB中的能量转移和电子转移过程以及它们之间的关系. 研究发现在能量转移效率为73.2%的o-CQDs/RhB体系中,电子转移过程可以忽略;而在能量转移效率低于33.5%的m-CQDs/RhB体系中,电子转移过程则较为显著. 在这个由碳量子点和染料分子组成的典型复合体系中所揭示的能量转移与电子转移过程之间的内联关系,将为与激子猝灭相关的应用提供有用的视角.     

Spin Relaxation of Electrons in Single InAs Quantum Dots

By using polarization-resolved photoluminescence spectra, we study the electron spin relaxation in single InAs quantum dots （QDs） with the configuration of positively charged excitons X＋ （one electron, two holes）. The spin relaxation rate of the hot electrons increases with the increasing energy of exciting photons. For electrons localized in QDs the spin relaxation is induced by hyperfine interaction with the nuclei. A rapid decrease of polarization degree with increasing temperature suggests that the spin relaxation mechanisms are mainly changed from the hyperfine interaction with nuclei into an electron-hole exchange interaction.     

球型量子点中的电子拉曼散射

研究了球型半导体量子点中的电子拉曼散射.讨论了初态为导带全满,价带全空时的电子跃迁过程,给出了电子拉曼散射的跃迁选择定则。通过计算GaAs和CdS材料球型量子点中电子及空穴参与拉曼散射的微分散射截面,分别比较了电子和空穴的不同影响,发现电子对拉曼散射的贡献要远大于空穴的贡献;当选取不同量子点半径时,拉曼散射微分散射截面变化也非常明显;量子点尺寸不变的条件下,改变入射光子能量,可以发现,微分散射截面随入射光子能量增大而减小。     

基于开路谐振环的电子自旋共振系统设计与表征

本文采用有限元电磁仿真设计了基于开路谐振环的微带线谐振器,并利用该谐振器搭建了电子自旋共振测试系统．该谐振器的3 dB带宽为58.7 MHz,且具有开放式的平面结构．对不同质量的二苯基三硝基苯肼（DPPH）样品测试结果显示本系统的室温自旋探测灵敏度可以达到9.66×10¹² spins/Gs Hz^1/2;对以微晶玻璃和硅片为基底的DPPH样品测试结果表明本系统能实现对大尺寸、高损耗样品的电子自旋共振信号的非破坏性测量．本系统为薄膜材料的缺陷研究以及相关的微波性能表征提供了便捷的手段．     

微波电子自旋共振实验波形分析

详细分析了微波段用可调反射式谐振腔做电子自旋共振实验中共振信号的形成原理,分析指出下凹和上凸波形都为共振吸收信号,当波形的上下两部分等大时,为色散信号,波形的上下两部分不等大时,为色散信号和共振吸收信号的合成。从理论上解释了共振信号的变化所反映的物理过程。     

Exciton Recombination and Spin Dynamics in Indirect-Gap Quantum Wells and Quantum Dots

The behavior of excitons in heterostructures with indirect-gap GaAs/AlAs quantum wells and (In, Al)As/AlAs quantum dots is discussed. The possibilities of controlled change of the exciton radiative recombination time in the range from dozens of nanoseconds to dozens of microseconds, experimental study of the spin dynamics of long-lived localized excitons, and use of the optical resonant methods for exciting the indirect-band exciton states are demonstrated.     

Quantum Phase Transition and Ferromagnetic Spin Correlation in Parallel Double Quantum Dots

We investigate electronic transport through a parallel double quantum dot （DQD） system with strong on-site Coulomb interaction, as well as the interdot tunnelling. By applying numerical renormalization group method, the ground state of the system and the transmission probability at zero temperature are obtained. For a system of quantum dots with degenerate energy levels and small interdot tunnel coupling, the spin correlations between the DQDs is ferromagnetic, and the ground state of the system is a spin-1 triplet state. The linear conductance will reach the unitary limit （2e^2/h） due to the Kondo effect at low temperature. As the interdot tunnel coupling increases, there is a quantum phase transition from ferromagnetic to anti-ferromagnetic spin correlation in DQDs and the linear conductance is strongly suppressed.     

Electron Spin Resonance Study of UV-Irradiated Tetraphenyldiphosphine

Although divalent organophosphinyl radicals have been frequently postulated as intermediates in many organochosphorous reactions, very few of them have been identified by e.s.r. By low temperature trapping of products from the photolysis of gaseous tetraphenyl-diphospine in a flow system, Schmidt and coworkers² have observed an e.s.r. signal of a single broad and asymmetric line centered at about g = 2.009 and have assigned this to the diphenylphosphinyl radical. We have reinvestigated the photolysis of this compound by flash photolysis and by e.s.r. at low temperatures, the preliminary e.s.r. results will be reported here.     

用锁相放大技术采集电子自旋共振信号

利用示波器通过电子顺磁共振波谱仪观察了DPPH样品中未偶电子的自旋共振信号,使用锁相放大技术采集了电子自旋共振信号的微分线,讨论了影响实验结果的因素,给出了相关的实验参数。分析发现,所采集到的微分线为典型的Guass线型,这与所使用固体试样中电子的周边环境是一致的,这从实验的角度实现了锁相放大器对电子自旋共振信号的采集。     

Spin-Orbit Splitting in Semiconductor Quantum Dots with a Two-Dimensional Ring Model

We present a theoretical study of the energy levels with two-dimensional ring confining potential in the presence of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction. The features of some low-lying states in various strengths of the Rashba spin-orbit interaction are investigated. The Rashba spin-orbit splitting can a/so be influenced by the width of the potential barrier. The computed results show that the spin-polarized electronic states can be more easily achieved in a weakly confined dot when the confinement strength for the Rashba spin-orbit interaction is larger than a critical value.     

电子自旋共振(ESR)技术在生物和医学中的应用

电子自旋共振(electron spin resonance,ESR)是检测自由基最直接最有效的方法,是自由基生物学和医学不可缺少的重要研究技术. 作者综述了ESR、自旋标记、自旋捕集和ESR 成像技术的最新发展及ESR技术在细胞膜、蛋白质结构和一些重大疾病如心脏病、老年痴呆症、帕金森综合症和中风等疾病研究及辐射损伤和植物疾病研究中的应用.