Probing two-level systems with electron spin inversion recovery of defects at the interface

Data di pubblicazione: 28 Set 2020

RivistaFonte dati: ARCHIVIO

The main feature of amorphous materials is the presence of excess vibrational modes at low energies, giving rise to the so-called “boson peak” in neutron and optical spectroscopies. These same modes manifest themselves as two-level systems (TLSs) causing noise and decoherence in qubits and other sensitive devices. Here, we present an experiment that uses the spin relaxation of dangling bonds at the Si/(amorphous) SiO 2 interface as a probe of TLSs. We introduce a model that is able to explain the observed nonexponential electron spin inversion recovery and provides a measure of the degree of spatial localization and concentration of the TLSs close to the interface, their maximum energy, and its temperature dependence.

Editore
American Physical Society
Fonte
Physical Review Research
ID archivio
b37e92541c79c409b93601edc304364c
Riferimenti
Volume: 2 Issue: 3 Pages: 033507