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Gradient Echo Quantum Memory in Warm Atomic Vapor
Published on: November 11, 2013
Quantum dot as spin filter and spin memory
Recher1, Sukhorukov, Loss
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Abstract:
We consider a quantum dot in the Coulomb blockade regime weakly coupled to current leads and show that in the presence of a magnetic field it acts as an efficient spin filter (at the single-spin level), producing a spin-polarized current. Conversely, if the leads are fully spin polarized the up or the down state of the spin on the dot results in a large sequential or a small cotunneling current, and, thus, together with ESR techniques, the setup can be operated as a single-spin memory.
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