title: Magnetic field control of exchange and noise immunity in double quantum dots.
abstract: We employ density functional calculated eigenstates as a basis for exact diagonalization studies of semiconductor double quantum dots, with two electrons, through the transition from the symmetric bias regime to the regime where both electrons occupy the same dot. We calculate the singlet-triplet splitting J(epsilon) as a function of bias detuning epsilon and explain its functional shape with a simple, double anticrossing model. A voltage noise suppression "sweet spot," where d J(epsilon)/d(epsilon) = 0 with nonzero J(epsilon), is predicted and shown to be tunable with a magnetic field B.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanoscale Systems, and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. stopa@cns.fas.harvard.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stopa
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Marcus
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D003198:Computer Simulation; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008280:Magnetics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D045663:Quantum Dots