Coupling artificial molecular spin states by photon-assisted tunnelling

L.R. Schreiber (), F.R. Braakman, T. Meunier, V. Calado, J. Danon, J.M. Taylor, W. Wegscheider and L.M.K. Vandersypen
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L.R. Schreiber: Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, TU Delft
F.R. Braakman: Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, TU Delft
T. Meunier: Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, TU Delft
V. Calado: Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, TU Delft
J. Danon: Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Freie Universität Berlin
J.M. Taylor: Joint Quantum Institute of Standards and Technology, University of Maryland
W. Wegscheider: Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, University of Regensburg
L.M.K. Vandersypen: Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, TU Delft

Nature Communications, 2011, vol. 2, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Artificial molecules containing just one or two electrons provide a powerful platform for studies of orbital and spin quantum dynamics in nanoscale devices. A well-known example of these dynamics is tunnelling of electrons between two coupled quantum dots triggered by microwave irradiation. So far, these tunnelling processes have been treated as electric-dipole-allowed spin-conserving events. Here we report that microwaves can also excite tunnelling transitions between states with different spin. We show that the dominant mechanism responsible for violation of spin conservation is the spin–orbit interaction. These transitions make it possible to perform detailed microwave spectroscopy of the molecular spin states of an artificial hydrogen molecule and open up the possibility of realizing full quantum control of a two-spin system through microwave excitation.

Date: 2011
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