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Optically Driven Spins in Semiconductor Quantum Dots
DPG Physics School 2010 on "Nano-Spintronics"
Duncan Steel - Lecture 2
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Semiconductor Quantum Coherence Engineering
|0>
|1>
|0> |1>
Optical Bloch Vector Qubit
Electronic Spin Qubit
Successful coherent optical manipulation of the optical Bloch vector necessary to manipulate the spin vector
The qubit for real systems is the electron or hole spin: The key to optically driven quantum computing in semiconductors is the
negatively charged exciton (trion) in a quantum dot
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The electron spin vector
GaAs
AlGaAs
AlGaAs
|0>|1>
(GaAs)
(GaAs)
(InAs)
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GaAs
AlGaAs
AlGaAs(GaAs)
(GaAs)
(InAs)
|0>|1>
l
The electron spin vector
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GaAs
AlGaAs
AlGaAs(GaAs)
(GaAs)
(InAs)
|0>|1>
l
The electron spin vector
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GaAs
AlGaAs
AlGaAs(GaAs)
(GaAs)
(InAs)
Long coherence time
|0>|1>
The electron spin vector
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Optical Excitation of Spin Coherence:Two-photon stimulated Raman
• Circularly polarized pump pulse creates coherent superposition of spin up and down state.
• Raman coherence oscillates at frequency of the Zeeman splitting due to electron in-plane g-factor and decays with time.
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CN
OS
(a.
u.)
Single Electron Spin Coherence:Raman Quantum Beats
X -
G G
G G
X
Charged Exciton System
Neutral Exciton System
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500Delay (ps)
Single Charged Exciton
Ensemble Charged Excitons
Single Neutral Exciton
T2* >10 nsec at B=0
hgs (m
eV)
Phys. Rev. Lett. - 2005
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Anomalous Variation of Beat Amplitude and Phase
(a) (b)
StandardTheory
• Plot of beat amplitude and phase as a function of the splitting.
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(a)
StandardTheory
Anomalous Variation of Beat Amplitude and Phase
• Plot of beat amplitude and phase as a function of the splitting.
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Spontaneously Generated Coherence (SGC)
Trion
GG
• Coupling to electromagnetic vacuum modes can create coherence* !!
• Modeled in density matrix equations by adding a relaxation term:
Normally forbidden in atomic systems or extremely weak.
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Anomalous Variation of Beat Amplitude and Phase:The result of spontaneously generated Raman coherence
(a)
StandardTheory
• Plot of beat amplitude and phase as a function of the splitting.
Phys. Rev. Lett. - 2005
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Two-Photon Spin Rabi
Trion Trion
Laser Pulse
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Initialization
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Rxπ
2( )ψ 0
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ψ0
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ˆ X and ˆ Y Rotations with ˆ Z Precession
y +
y − x −x +
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Rz −π2( )Rx
π2( )ψ 0
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R−y θ( ) = Rz −π2( )Rx θ( )Rz
π2( )
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Phase Gate - Demonstration of Geometric Phase (Aharonov & Anandan)
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Z +
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Z −
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Tz ±
Optical Control of Spin Bloch Vector
Optical Control of Trion Optical Bloch Vector
For ψ 0 the state vector for the spin,
the trion 2π x rotation transforms ψ 0 to
ψ =U ψ 0 where U = −1 00 1
⎡
⎣⎢
⎤
⎦⎥ and U C− z− +C+ z+( ) = C− z− −C+ z+( )
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Coherent Generation of a Geometrical Phase
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Demonstration of the Phase Control
• Modulation effect clearly seen
• Frequency of the modulations depends on the strength of the CW field
• Phase change after modulation points consistent with theory for 0.2, 5 and 10 mW scans
• Action of CW field can be likened to a spin phase gate
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The Mollow Absorption Spectrum, AC Stark effect, and Autler Townes Splitting: Gain without Inversion
Autler Townes Splitting
Mollow Spectrum: New physics in absorption
S. H. Autler, C. H. Townes, Phys. Rev. 100, 703 (1955) B. R. Mollow, Phys. Rev. 188, 1969 (1969). B. R. Mollow, Phys. Rev. A. 5, 2217 (1972)..
Dressed State Picture
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Power Spectrum of the Rabi Oscillations:Gain without inversion
The Mollow Spectrum of a Single QD
|2>
|3>
Strong pumpWeak probe
X. Xu, B. Sun, P. R. Berman, D.G. Steel, A. Bracker, D. Gammon, L. J. Sham, “Coherent optical spectroscopy of a strongly driven quantum dot,” Science, 317 p 929 (2007).
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Autler-Townes Splitting in a Single Quantum Dot
Abs
orpt
ion
(a.u
.)
|2>
|1> |3>
|a(N-1)>
|b(N-1)>
|a(N)>
|b(N)>
} WR
} WR
Dressed state Picture
Rab
i Spl
itti
ng (
GH
z)0
1
Pump Field Strength( )1/ oI0 4 8
Probe Frequency (GHz)321591 321594
0 Io
10 Io
20 Io
30 Io
40 Io
50 Io
5 Io
Probe Abosorption as a Function of the Pump Intensity (on resonance)Pump intensity(Io=0.03w/cm )2
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Probe Absorption as a Function of Pump Frequency Detuning
Experimental Data Theoretical Plot
Probe Frequency (GHz)
321591 321594
Probe Detuning ( G units)
0-2.5-5.0 2.5 5.0
-1.7
-0.6
-0.30.00.3
1.70.6
Pump Detuning (GHz)
Pump Intensity30Io
Abs
orpt
ion
(a.u
.)
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Thy Physical Model of the Dark State Experiment
V1 V2H1 H2
Laser Detuning (GHz)0-8 8
|X+>|X->
Bx
|T+>
|T->
V1 V2
H1 H2
DT
/T (
10-4)
0
1
|T->
|X+>
|X->
H1 V2Wp
Wd
2 2
p d
p d
X XDarkstate
Ω −+Ω +=
Ω +Ω
Laser Detuning (G units)0-3 -3
Theoretical plot of the CPT including electron spin dephasingB=1.32 T
The Quartet Transition Pattern
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The Observation of the Coherent Population Trapping of an Electron Spin
|T->
|X+>
|X->
H1 V2Ωp Ωd
The probe absorption spectrum scanning across transition H1
Solide lines are the fits, which yield electron spin T2
* of 4 ns.
5
DT
/T (
10-4)
Wd/2p(GHz)
0
0.56
0.78
0.83
1.26
1.38
Probe Detuning (GHz)0-5
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
Nature - Physics, 2008
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0
1
2
3
Rel
ativ
eA
bsor
ptio
n x
10-4
319074 319077
Probe Frequency (GHz)
Black: forward
Probing Dynamic Nuclear Spin Polarization by Dark State Spectroscopy
ee
hee
ΩprobeΩpump
|T->
|X->|X+>
0
1
2
3
Rel
ativ
eA
bsor
ptio
n x
10-4
319074 319077
Probe Frequency (GHz)
Black: forwardRed: backward
Broadened & rounded trion peak Large trion excitation (absorption) is favored
Scan direction dependence: hysteresis & dark state shift (Dark state position reflect Zeeman Splitting)
Dynamic control of nuclear field
Probe absorption spectra by varying the laser scan rate
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B=2.6 T
Time Dependent Probe Absorption Spectrum
e e
hee
ΩprobeΩpump
|T->
|X->|X+>
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Laser frequency parked herePartial backward scan
Stable configuration: maximum trion excitation (absorption)
Time Dependent Probe Absorption Spectrum
e e
hee
ΩprobeΩpump
|T->
|X->|X+>
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Time Dependent Probe Absorption Spectrum
Probe Frequency (GHz)
Rel
ativ
eA
bs. x
10
-4
0
1.5
319083 319089
(e)
L
D
R
e e
hee
ΩprobeΩpump
|T->
|X->|X+>
Time (S)0 300 600
(f)L
D
R
Dark State is a meta-stable state for nuclear field
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anisotropic hyperfine from hole
Zh kS I
2
, ,Z
f h k i t i t f t tS Iψ ψ
2
, ,Z
f h k i t i t f t tS Iψ ψ
Flip up rate:
Flip down rate:
Whichever increases rt dominates!
nuclear Zeeman << trion linewidth
DNP rate tt
Trion Induced Dynamic Nuclear Spin Polarization
|T>
tN t
d
dt
Nuclear field dynamics:
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Probe laser frequency
Nuc
lear
fie
ldAb
sorp
tion
Probe detuning ( = 2-ph detuning - nuclear field )
Two photon detuning
Dynamic Nuclear Spin Polarization Induced Spectral Servo
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Experiment
Theory
11.5 sN 32.4 (MHz) ~ 3hA eV
Parameters:
Nuclear T1 ~ sec
tN t
d
dt
Nuclear field dynamics:
Numerical Simulation Results : Slow Scan
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Experiment
Theory
10.4 sN 350 (MHz) ~ 20hA eV
Parameters:
Nuclear T1 ~ sec
Numerical Simulation Results : fast Scan
Microscopic theory: Weng Yang et al., Q14.00002; http://arxiv.org/abs/1003.3072
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Stable configurations for DNP
DNP rate: tt
Two-photon detuning pump prob
t
Metastable configurations
( )2pump
pump probe Ω
Nuclear field locked to stable value
Nuclear Field Locking Effect
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Dynamic Nuclear Spin Feedback Suppresses Fluctuations
Stable-confignuclear field
locked to frequencies
Nuclear field
unstable against DNP
CW laser excitation
Nuclear field self-focus to stable value
Nuclear spin fluctuation
2-photon resonance
shifts
Single QD arbitrary
nuclear spin config
Medium trion excitation
Maximum trion excitation
DNP by trion
C. Latta et al., Nature Phys. 5, 758 (2009)Ivo T. Vink et al, Nature Phys. 5, 764 (2009)
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Probe detuning
Abso
rptio
n
– More enhancement on spin T2* with larger pump strengthlarger pump larger slope in tighter locking t
t
Pump intensity2040607090
spin T2*
peak-to-dip ratio
Pump Rabi (GHz)0 0.5 1.0 1.5
Slo
pe (
a.u.
)
0
-0.5
(b)
Suppression of Nuclear Field Inhomogeneous Broadening
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– Spin decoherence rate extracted from dip-to-peak ratio
– Deficiency: locking position changes with probe scan
– T2* extended well above thermal value
Thermal value
e e
hee
ΩprobeΩpump
|T->
|X->|X+>
Suppression of Nuclear Field Inhomogeneous Broadening
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Coherent Spin Manipulations without Hyperfine Induced Dephasing
– Pump 1 + pump 2 locks nuclear field to a constant value
– Pump 1 + probe measures spin T2*
Pump 1 >> Pump 2 >> Probe(fixed freq) (fixed freq)
(freq scan)
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Spin decoherence rate ~ 1 MHz, reduced by a factor of 400
Three Beam Measurement
Clean line shape
Xu, X. et al., Nature 59, 1105 (2009)
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Where’s the Frontier?
• Engineering coupled dot system with one electron in each dot with nearly degenerate excited states.
• Demonstration of optically induced entanglement.
• Integration into 2D photonic bandgap circuits.
• Understanding of decoherence.
• Possible exploitation of nuclear coupling.
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Semiconductor Nano-Optics:An Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Dan GammonNaval Research Lab
Lu ShamUC-San Diego
Paul BermanLuming DuanRoberto MerlinU. Mich.
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Outstanding Graduate Students**• Nicolas Bonadeo (graduated)• Jeff Guest (graduated)• Gang Chen (graduated)• Todd Stievater (graduated)• Anthony Lenihan (graduated)• Elizabeth Tabak (graduated)• Elaine Li (graduated)• Gurudev Dutt (graduated)• Jun Cheng (graduated)• Yanwen Wu (graduated)• Qiong Huang (graduated)• Xiaodong Xu• Erik Kim• Katherine Smirl• Bo Sun• John Schaible• Vasudev Lai
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