Zeeman energy and spin relaxation in a one-electron quantum dot

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Hanson, R
Witkamp, B
Vandersypen, LMK
van Beveren, LHW
Elzerman, JM
Kouwenhoven, LP
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[1] Delft Univ Technol, Dept Nanosci, NL-2600 GA Delft, Netherlands
[2] Delft Univ Technol, ERATO, Mesoscop Correlat Project, NL-2600 GA Delft, Netherlands
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.196802
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have measured the relaxation time, T(1), of the spin of a single electron confined in a semiconductor quantum dot (a proposed quantum bit). In a magnetic field, applied parallel to the two-dimensional electron gas in which the quantum dot is defined, Zeeman splitting of the orbital states is directly observed by measurements of electron transport through the dot. By applying short voltage pulses, we can populate the excited spin state with one electron and monitor relaxation of the spin. We find a lower bound on T(1) of 50 mus at 7.5 T, only limited by our signal-to-noise ratio. A continuous measurement of the charge on the dot has no observable effect on the spin relaxation.
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