Print Email Facebook Twitter Electron spins in nanowire quantum dots Title Electron spins in nanowire quantum dots Author Van Tilburg, J.W.W. Contributor Kouwenhoven, L.P. (promotor) Faculty Applied Sciences Department Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft Date 2010-07-02 Abstract For small magnetic memories, the ultimate limit is a single magnetic particle, a single electron spin. A lot of research is put in developing devices that can utilize such a single spin memory. At the same time, there is also interest from a more fundamental point of view: on these small scales, Quantum Mechanics starts to play a role. Devices of this size have unique possibilities that have no parallel in the classical world around us. In this work we study a single electron spin that is captured in a small box, a quantum dot. This is all made inside a semiconducting nanowire. By measuring the current we can determine how the spin orients in a magnetic field. We can also see interactions of the spin with its environment. We study how the semiconductor crystal influences the spin, via spin-orbit interaction and via its nuclei. We also determine how this affects the interaction between two such spins. Subject nanowirequantum dotsingle electrong-factorspin-orbit interactionpauli spin blockade To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:443f60cc-422b-49b5-a745-3434339138b8 Publisher Gildeprint ISBN 9789085930747 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights (c) 2010 Van Tilburg, J.W.W. Files PDF Proefschrift_JWWvanTilbur ... nitief.pdf 68.92 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:443f60cc-422b-49b5-a745-3434339138b8/datastream/OBJ/view