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Spin Control in Quantum Dots for Quantum Information Processing

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In this paper, a detailed analysis of anisotropic effects on the phonon induced spin relaxation rate in InAs semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) is carried out for possible implementation towards QDs in security devices, encrypted data and quantum information processing. We show that anisotropic gate potentials enhance the phonon mediated spin-flip rate and reduce the cusp-like structure to lower magnetic fields.

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This work has been supported by NSERC and CRC programs (Canada).

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  1. M2NeT Laboratory, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3C5, Canada

    S. Prabhakar & R. Melnik

  2. Gregorio Millan Institute, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911, Leganes, Spain

    L. L. Bonilla

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  1. Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana and Department of Theoretical Physics, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Janez Bonča

  2. Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kiev, Ukraine

    Sergei Kruchinin

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Prabhakar, S., Melnik, R., Bonilla, L.L. (2015). Spin Control in Quantum Dots for Quantum Information Processing. In: Bonča, J., Kruchinin, S. (eds) Nanotechnology in the Security Systems. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9005-5_1

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