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Spin-flip transitions between Zeeman sublevels in semiconductor quantum dots

Alexander V. Khaetskii, Yuli V. Nazarov

cond-mat.mes-hallarXiv:cond-mat/0003513

Abstract

We have studied spin-flip transitions between Zeeman sublevels in GaAs electron quantum dots. Several different mechanisms which originate from spin-orbit coupling are shown to be responsible for such processes. It is shown that spin-lattice relaxation for the electron localized in a quantum dot is much less effective than for the free electron. The spin-flip rates due to several other mechanisms not related to the spin-orbit interaction are also estimated.

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