{ "id": "cond-mat/0206387", "version": "v2", "published": "2002-06-20T12:07:00.000Z", "updated": "2002-06-21T10:14:19.000Z", "title": "Spin switching in semiconductor quantum dots through spin-orbit coupling", "authors": [ "Manuel Valin-Rodriguez", "Antonio Puente", "Llorens Serra", "Enrico Lipparini" ], "comment": "4 pages, 4 figures", "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 66, 165302 (2002)", "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.66.165302", "categories": [ "cond-mat.mes-hall" ], "abstract": "The spin-orbit coupling influences the total spin of semiconductor quantum dots. We analyze the theoretical prediction for the combined effects of spin-orbit coupling, weak vertical magnetic fields and deformation of the dot. Our results allow the characterization of the quantum dots as spin switches, controllable with electric gates.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2002-06-21T10:14:19.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "semiconductor quantum dots", "spin switching", "weak vertical magnetic fields", "electric gates", "total spin" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "APS", "journal": "Phys. Rev. B" }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 4, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }