Theory of phonon-induced spin relaxation in laterally coupled quantum dots
Abstract
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Phonon-induced spin relaxation in coupled lateral quantum dots in the presence of spin-orbit coupling is calculated. The calculation for single dots is consistent with experiment. Spin relaxation in double dots at useful interdot couplings is dominated by spin hot spots that are strongly anisotropic. Spin hot spots are ineffective for a diagonal crystallographic orientation of the dots with a transverse in-plane field. This geometry is proposed for spin-based quantum information processing.
4 pages, 4 figures, replaced with a revised version
4 pages, 4 figures, replaced with a revised version