Intrinsic spin dynamics in semiconductor quantum dots

Abstract

We investigate the characteristic spin dynamics corresponding to semiconductor quantum dots within the multiband envelope function approximation (EFA). By numerically solving an $8\times 8$ $k\cdot p$ Hamiltonian we treat systems based on different III-V semiconductor materials.It is shown that, even in the absence of an applied magnetic field, these systems show intrinsic spin dynamics governed by intraband and interband transitions leading to characteristic spin frequencies ranging from the THz to optical frequencies.

to be published in Nanotechnology. Separated figure files

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