Spin-engineered quantum dots

V. Fleurov, V. A. Ivanov, F. M. Peeters*, I. D. Vagner

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Abstract

Spatially nonhomogeneously spin polarized nuclei are proposed as a new mechanism to monitor electron states in a nanostructure, or as a means to create and, if necessary, reshape such nanostructures in the course of the experiment. We found that a polarization of nuclear spins may lift the spin polarization of the electron states in a nanostructure and, if sufficiently strong, leads to a polarization of the electron spins. Polarized nuclear spins may form an energy landscape capable of binding electrons with energy up to several meV and the localization radius > 100 Å.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)361-365
Number of pages5
JournalPhysica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures
Volume14
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2002

Funding

FundersFunder number
Belgium Interuniversity Attraction Poles
FWO-Vl
Flemish Concerted Action
Flemish Science Foundation
GOA
IUAP

    Keywords

    • Electron resonance and relaxation
    • Hyperfine interactions and isotope effect

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