Electron spin flip by antiferromagnetic coupling between semiconductor quantum dots

Atsushi Tackeuchi; Takamasa Kuroda; Yoshiaki Nakata; Masahiro Murayama; Takamitsu Kitamura; Naoki Yokoyama

doi:10.1143/jjap.42.4278

Electron spin flip by antiferromagnetic coupling between semiconductor quantum dots

Atsushi Tackeuchi^*, Takamasa Kuroda, Yoshiaki Nakata, Masahiro Murayama, Takamitsu Kitamura, Naoki Yokoyama

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School of Advanced Science and Engineering

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We have investigated antiferromagnetic coupling between semiconductor quantum dots. Electron spin is observed to flip at 80 ps after photoexcitation via the interdot-exchange interaction. The spin relaxation time under the antiferromagnetic order is extended to 10-12 ns, one order of magnitude longer than that in isolated quantum dots. The antiferromagnetic order exists at temperatures lower than 50-80 K. The photoluminescence experiments for various carrier densities show that antiferromagnetic coupling disappears when the electron pairing probability is low. A model calculation based on the Heitler-London approximation supports the finding that the antiferromagnetic order is observable at low temperature.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4278-4281
Number of pages	4
Journal	Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers
Volume	42
Issue number	7 A
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.42.4278
Publication status	Published - 2003 Jul

Keywords

Antiferromagnetism
Quantum dot
Semiconductor
Spin

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