Dynamic nuclear polarization with single electron spins.
We polarize nuclear spins in a GaAs double quantum dot by controlling two-electron spin states near the anticrossing of the singlet (S) and m(S)= +1 triplet (T+) using pulsed gates. An initialized S state is cyclically brought into resonance with the T+ state, where hyperfine fields drive rapid rotations between S and T+, "flipping" an electron spin and "flopping" a nuclear spin. The resulting Overhauser field approaches 80 mT, in agreement with a simple rate-equation model. A self-limiting pulse sequence is developed that allows the steady-state nuclear polarization to be set using a gate voltage.
Petta
J R
JR
Department of Physics, Harvard University, 17 Oxford St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
Taylor
J M
JM
Johnson
A C
AC
Yacoby
A
A
Lukin
M D
MD
Marcus
C M
CM
Hanson
M P
MP
Gossard
A C
AC