Giant shot noise due to mechanical transportation of spin-polarized electrons
Journal article, 2008

We show that single-electron "shuttling" of electrons in a magnetic nanoelectromechanical single-electron transistor device can be an efficient tool for studying electron spin-flip relaxation on quantum dots. The reason is traced to a spin blockade of the mechanically aided shuttle current that occurs in devices with highly polarized and collinearly magnetized leads. This results in giant peaks in the shot-noise spectral function, wherein the peak heights are only limited by the rate of electronic spin flips. Therefore, we show that nanomechanical spectroscopy of the spin-flip rate is possible, allowing spin-flip relaxation times as long as 10 mu s to be detected.

Author

Leonid Gorelik

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Theory

Sergeij I. Kulinich

Robert I. Shekhter

University of Gothenburg

Mats Jonson

University of Gothenburg

V. M. Vinokur

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

24699950 (ISSN) 24699969 (eISSN)

Vol. 77 17 174304-

Subject Categories

Condensed Matter Physics

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.77.174304

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10/6/2017