Hole spin coherence in a Ge/Si heterostructure nanowire.

Higginbotham, A P; Larsen, T W; Yao, J; Yan, H; Lieber, C M; Marcus, C M; Kuemmeth, F · Nano Lett · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Relaxation and dephasing of hole spins are measured in a gate-defined Ge/Si nanowire double quantum dot using a fast pulsed-gate method and dispersive readout. An inhomogeneous dephasing time T2* 0.18 μs exceeds corresponding measurements in III–V semiconductors by more than an order of magnitude, as expected for predominately nuclear-spin-free materials. Dephasing is observed to be exponential in time, indicating the presence of a broadband noise source, rather than Gaussian, previously seen in systems with nuclear-spin-dominated dephasing.