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Anisotropies of the g-factor tensor and diamagnetic coefficient in crystal-phase quantum dots in InP nanowires

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Crystal-phase low-dimensional structures offer great potential for the implementation of photonic devices of interest for quantum information processing. In this context, unveiling the fundamental parameters of the crystal phase structure is of much relevance for several applications. Here, we report on the anisotropy of the g-factor tensor and diamagnetic coefficient in wurtzite/zincblende (WZ/ZB) crystal-phase quantum dots (QDs) realized in single InP nanowires. The WZ and ZB alternating axial sections in the NWs are identified by high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy. The electron (hole) g-factor tensor and the exciton diamagnetic coefficients in WZ/ZB crystal-phase QDs are determined through micro-photoluminescence measurements at low temperature (4.2 K) with different magnetic field configurations, and rationalized by invoking the spin-correlated orbital current model. Our work provides key parameters for band gap engineering and spin states control in crystal-phase low-dimensional structures in nanowires.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11934019, 61675228, 11721404, 51761145104, and 11874419), the Strategic Priority Research Program, the Instrument Developing Project and the Interdisciplinary Innovation Team of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nos. XDB28000000 and YJKYYQ20180036), the Key RD Program of Guangdong Province (No. 2018B030329001), and the Key Laboratory Fund (No. 614280303051701). We acknowledge financial support from the SUPERTOP project, QUANTERA ERA-NET Cofund in Quantum Technologies.

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  1. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Shiyao Wu, Kai Peng, Xin Xie, Jingnan Yang, Shan Xiao, Chenjiang Qian, Feilong Song, Sibai Sun, Jianchen Dang, Yang Yu, Bei-bei Li & Xiulai Xu

  2. CAS Center for Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation and School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Shiyao Wu, Kai Peng, Xin Xie, Jingnan Yang, Shan Xiao, Chenjiang Qian, Feilong Song, Sibai Sun, Jianchen Dang, Yang Yu & Xiulai Xu

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  7. Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, 523808, China

    Xiulai Xu

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Wu, S., Peng, K., Battiato, S. et al. Anisotropies of the g-factor tensor and diamagnetic coefficient in crystal-phase quantum dots in InP nanowires. Nano Res. 12, 2842–2848 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-019-2522-5

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