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Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Aug 21;103(8):087401. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.087401. Epub 2009 Aug 17.

Optical manipulation of a single Mn spin in a CdTe-based quantum dot.

Physical review letters

M Goryca, T Kazimierczuk, M Nawrocki, A Golnik, J A Gaj, P Kossacki, P Wojnar, G Karczewski

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoza 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland. [email protected]

PMID: 19792759 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.087401

Abstract

Two coupled CdTe quantum dots, selected from a self-assembled system, one of them containing a single Mn ion, were studied by continuous wave and modulated photoluminescence, photoluminescence excitation, and photon correlation experiments. Optical writing of information on the spin state of the Mn ion has been demonstrated, using the orientation of the Mn spin by spin-polarized carriers transferred from the neighboring quantum dot. Mn spin orientation time values from 20 to 100 ns were measured, depending on the excitation power. Storage time of the information on the Mn spin was found to be enhanced by application of a static magnetic field of 1 T, reaching hundreds of microseconds in the dark. Simple rate equation models were found to describe correctly the static and dynamical properties of the system.

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