{
  "id": "1310.7819",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2013-10-29T14:43:12.000Z",
  "updated": "2014-05-08T23:10:19.000Z",
  "title": "Quantum limit for nuclear spin polarization in semiconductor quantum dots",
  "authors": [
    "Julia Hildmann",
    "Eleftheria Kavousanaki",
    "Guido Burkard",
    "Hugo Ribeiro"
  ],
  "comment": "11 pages, 7 figures",
  "journal": "Phys Rev B. 89, 205302 (2014)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.89.205302",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "A recent experiment [E. A. Chekhovich et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 066804 (2010)] has demonstrated that high nuclear spin polarization can be achieved in self-assembled quantum dots by exploiting an optically forbidden transition between a heavy hole and a trion state. However, a fully polarized state is not achieved as expected from a classical rate equation. Here, we theoretically investigate this problem with the help of a quantum master equation and we demonstrate that a fully polarized state cannot be achieved due to formation of a nuclear dark state. Moreover, we show that the maximal degree of polarization depends on structural properties of the quantum dot.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2014-05-08T23:10:19.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "73.21.La",
      "71.70.Jp",
      "75.75.-c"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "semiconductor quantum dots",
      "quantum limit",
      "high nuclear spin polarization",
      "fully polarized state",
      "nuclear dark state"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review B",
      "year": 2014,
      "month": "May",
      "volume": 89,
      "number": 20,
      "pages": 205302
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 11,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2014PhRvB..89t5302H"
    }
  }
}