A new Regime of Pauli-Spin Blockade
arXiv:1507.07515 · doi:10.1063/1.4945393
Abstract
Pauli-spin blockade (PSB) is a transport phenomenon in double quantum dots that allows for a type of spin to charge conversion often used to probe fundamental physics such as spin relaxation and singlet-triplet coupling. In this paper we theoretically explore Pauli-spin blockade as a function of magnetic field B applied parallel to the substrate. In the well-studied low magnetic field regime, where PSB occurs in the forward tunneling direction, we highlight some aspects of PSB that are not discussed in detail in existing literature, including the change in size of both bias triangles measured in the forward and reverse biasing directions as a function of B. At higher fields we predict a crossover to \reverse PSB" in which current is blockaded in the reverse direction due to the occupation of a spin singlet as opposed to the traditional triplet blockade that occurs at low fields. The onset of reverse PSB coincides with the development of a tail like feature in the measured bias triangles and occurs when the Zeeman energy of the polarized triplet equals the exchange energy in the (0,2) charge configuration. In Si quantum dots these fields are experimentally accessible; thus, this work suggests a way to probe singlet to triplet relaxation mechanisms in quantum dots when both electrons occupy the same quantum dot.
arXiv comment7 pages (5 main text, 2 supplemental), 3 figures in main text, 2 in supplemental
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