Ragunathan, G., Kobak, J., Gillard, G. et al. (5 more authors) (2019) Direct measurement of hyperfine shifts and radio frequency manipulation of the nuclear spins in individual CdTe/ZnTe quantum dots. Physical Review Letters, 122 (9). 096801. ISSN 0031-9007
Abstract
We achieve direct detection of electron hyperfine shifts in individual CdTe / ZnTe quantum dots. For the previously inaccessible regime of strong magnetic fields Bz≳0.1T, we demonstrate robust polarization of a few-hundred-particle nuclear spin bath, with an optical initialization time of ∼1 ms and polarization lifetime exceeding ∼1s. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of individual dots reveals strong electron-nuclear interactions characterized by Knight fields |Be|≳50 mT, an order of magnitude stronger than in III–V semiconductor quantum dots. Our studies confirm II–VI semiconductor quantum dots as a promising platform for hybrid electron-nuclear spin qubit registers, combining the excellent optical properties comparable to III–V dots and the dilute nuclear spin environment similar to group-IV semiconductors.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 American Physical Society. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (EPSRC) EP/N031776/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2018 09:38 |
Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2020 15:29 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.096801 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:134126 |