Spin relaxation in a two-electron quantum dot
S. Dickmann+*, P. Hawrylak
+Institute for Solid State Physics of RAS, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow Dist., Russia *Max-Planck-Institut für Physik Komplexer Systeme, D-01187 Dresden, Germany Institute for Microstructural Science, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R6
PACS: 73.20.Dx, 71.50.+t
Abstract
We discuss the rate of relaxation of the total spin in the
two-electron droplet in the vicinity of the magnetic field
driven singlet-triplet transition. The total spin relaxation
is attributed to spin-orbit and electron-phonon interactions.
The relaxation process is found to depend on the spin of
ground and excited states. This asymmetry is used to explain
puzzles in recent high source-drain transport experiments.
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