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Single Spin Detection. J. Fernández-Rossier IUMA, Universidad de Alicante, Spain. Manipulation and Measurement of the Quantum State of a single spin in a solid state environment. 10 23 atoms, 10 25 spins Signal for only 1. Needle in a Hay Stack.
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Single Spin Detection J. Fernández-Rossier IUMA, Universidad de Alicante, Spain Manipulation and Measurementof the Quantum State of a single spin in a solid state environment 1023 atoms, 1025 spins Signal for only 1 Needle in a Hay Stack Talk available in: www.ua.es/jfrossier/personal
PL S=5/2 2S+1=6 L. Besombes et al., PRL 93, 207403, (2004) Single Spin Detection CdTe nanocrystal + 1Mn
The institute of Complex Adaptative Matter encourages (forces) scientist to explain their work to other scientist in pedestrian terms. I have learned more science through workshops organized by this institute and the personal contacts they generated than I have from all other professional activities combined. R. Laughlin, A Different Universe, (2005) Outline • Motivation • II.Basic Stuff • III. Quantum Simulations • IV. Conclusions
Single Spin Detection • RELATED WORK • J. Fernández-Rossier, C. Piermarocchi, P.C. Chen, L. J. Sham, and A. H. MacDonald, • Theory of Laser induced ferromagnetism • Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 127201 (2004) • J. Fernández-Rossier, L. BreyFerromagnetism mediated by few electrons in semimagnetic quantum dots Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 1172001 (2004) • G. Chiappe, J. Fernández-Rossier, E. Anda, E. LouisSingle-photon exchange interaction in a semiconductor microcavityCond-mat/0407639 Talk available in: www.ua.es/jfrossier/personal
Motivation • II.Basic Concepts • III. Quantum Simulations • IV. Results and Conclusions
104-106 Atoms Not only a philosophycal question 1 Atom “Shut up and calculate”. -- R. Feynman "I think it is safe to say that no one understands quantum mechanics." -- R. Feynman 1023 Atoms: BULK
Going Nano Motivation II. The limits of miniaturization ‘Single electron’ transistor
Miniaturization: The limits Going Nano ‘Single atom’ magnet
Going around THE LIMITS • New Questions: • Smallest wire? • Smallest magnet? • Smallest diode? • Smallest transistor? • New challenges: • Single spin control • Single molecule transport • Nanocrystal formation • Different Materials: • Molecular Electronics • Oxides • Different Ideas: • Spintronics • DNA • Quantum Computing Electronics: we ain´t seen nothing yet
Motivation • II.Basic Concepts • III. Quantum Simulations • IV. Conclusions
Basic Concepts • Quantum computing for absolute beginners: • Quantum bit vs classical bit • Spin S=1/2 as a qbit • Quantum software and hardware • Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors • Quantum Dots
Quantum information Classical information What is a qbit? Will you marry me?
What is a qbit (II)? A qbit is like a spin ½
What is a quantum computation? I. Prepare initial state • Perform a well defined sequence ofquantum operations (Quantum gates) “Engineering” Hamiltonian. Universal Gates III. Read final state(single spin detection)
Can something useful be done? Quantum factorization Algorithm (Shor ’90) Classical factorization algorithm Number of bits: N=2n Number of steps: n2 Example n=10 Qsteps: 100 Csteps: 10.000 QUANTUM SOFTWARE: A few algorithms and ideas Number of steps: n 2n
Quantum Hardware: Proposals Not in yet
Metal N- ZnTe (Zn,Ga)Te Charge doping of Semiconductors Pure ZnTe p- ZnTe Zn (Te,N) CHARGE DOPING
(Zn,Mn)Te Spin doping: diluted Magnetic Semiconductors (DMS) Zn: Ar: 3d10 4s2 Mn: Ar: 3d5 4s2 Conduction Band Mainly s orbitals of Zn Valence Band Mainly p orbitals of Te Mn d levels SPIN DOPING
Why S=5/2 ? Ground State S=5/2 S=3/2 Excited States Mn SPIN ROTATIONAL INVARIANCE S=5/2. 2S+1=6 DEGENARATE STATES S=1/2 Real Space Cartoon S=5/2. LOWEST Coulomb Repulsion (Hunds Rule) Magnetic Moment SPIN S=5/2 3/2 1/2 5/2
Electrons, holes, Mn and their interactions SPIN attraction SPIN repulsion SPIN FLIP Spin of the CB electron and VB hole SPIN ORBIT MATTERS A LOT CARRIER WAVE FUNCTION ENGINEERING
Single quantum spectroscopy? CdSe nanocrystal: TEM CONFINEMENT Absorption Emission 5nm
Motivation • II.Basic Concepts • III. Quantum Simulations • IV. Conclusions
PL S=5/2 2S+1=6 L. Besombes et al., PRL 93, 207403, (2004) S=5/2 qbits in semiconductor nanocrystals? dummy dummy Spin evolution Absorption Emission 1 SPIN 5/2 = 2 QBITS
4 -1 -1 +1 +2 1 4x6N Exciton States Manifold (XSM) 6N Ground State Manifold (GSM) • Method : • Calculation of one-body wave functions (for a given dot) • Evaluation of many body exciton-Mn spin Hamiltonian • Exact diagonalization of GSM • Exact diagonalization of XSM • Linear reponse theory
HAMILTONIAN Ground State Manifold (GSM) 6N Exciton States Manifold (XSM) e Heisenberg 4 6N Ising h SPIN ORBIT INTERACTION
4 -1 -1 +1 +2 1 Absorption Spin orbit and OPTICAL SELECTION RULES How can light affect spin?
Valence band Spin orbit: Ising coupling SHAPE MATTERS: Quenching the Hole-Mn spin flip
GSM and XSM spectrum Magnetic Field (0,0,5) 1 Mn NG=6 NX=24 2 Mn NG=36 NX=244 3Mn NG=216 NX=864 E(meV) E(meV)
PL: results Photoluminescence(PL)Theory PL, theory PL, experiment Spontaneous Emission from X to G Energy conservation Optical Selection rules SPIN BLOCKADE PL SPECTRUM Energy (meV) Occupation of excited state Thermal like occupation
Standardoptical selection rule OPTICAL SPIN BLOCKADE Franck Condon= Spin Blockade GSM Photon QUANTUM MEASUREMENT XSM
N=3. Narrowing and shift PL, experiment 0T 2T 4T 6T 8T 10T P. S. Dorozhkin, Phys. Rev. B 68, 195313 (2003)
Bell States in DMS? HIGLY ENTANGLED Lowest energy state Of XSM GSM Intriguing question: can the detection of a linearly polarized photon yield a Bell state?
CONCLUSIONS (and future work) • Single spin detection possible due to • Chemical Engineering (nanocrystals) • Advanced material processing and electronics (multilayers, photodetectors) • Laser technology, low temperatures • DEEP UNDERSTANDING of the ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE (Solid state physics and chemistry) • S=5/2 qbits. • Detection ok (at least N=2) • Time resolved control ok • 2 qbit operations ok