Spin temperature concept verified by optical magnetometry of nuclear spins

Abstract

We develop a method of non-perturbative optical control over adiabatic remagnetisation of the nuclear spin system and apply it to verify the spin temperature concept in GaAs microcavities. The nuclear spin system is shown to exactly follow the predictions of the spin-temperature theory, despite the quadrupole interaction that was earlier reported to disrupt nuclear spin thermalisation. These findings open a way to deep cooling of nuclear spins in semiconductor structures, with a prospect of realisation of nuclear spin-ordered statesfor high fidelity spin-photon interfaces.

7 pages, 4 figures

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