title: Suppression of electron relaxation and dephasing rates in quantum dots caused by external magnetic fields.
abstract: An external magnetic field has been applied in laterally coupled quantum dots (QDs) and we have studied the QD properties related to charge decoherence. The significance of the applied magnetic field to the suppression of electron-phonon relaxation and dephasing rates has been explored. The coupled QDs have been studied by varying the magnetic field and the interdot distance as well as other system parameters. Our numerical results show that the electron scattering rates are strongly dependent on the applied external magnetic field and the details of the double QD configuration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY 14260, USA. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Stavrou