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Room temperature spin-polarized light emission by excited spin engineering of size-modulated coupled quantum dots

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K15380
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 28020:Nanostructural physics-related
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

Hiura Satoshi  北海道大学, 情報科学研究院, 准教授 (30799680)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Discontinued (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords量子ドット / 電子スピン偏極 / スピンダイナミクス / スピン緩和 / スピン増幅 / 希薄窒化物半導体 / スピン光デバイス / 光スピントロニクス / 半導体量子ドット / スピン注入 / 光物性 / 半導体スピントロニクス / 結合量子ドット / 励起状態 / スピントロニクス
Outline of Research at the Start

電子情報処理の省エネルギー化に向けて、電子スピン情報を光情報に直接変換し伝送する「光電スピン情報システム」の実現が待たれている。そこで、スピン情報を長時間保持できるⅢ-Ⅴ族化合物半導体量子ドットが有力な光学活性層として期待されている。本研究では、量子ドットの積層方向のサイズ変調と積層ドット間の波動関数の結合を利用し、スピン偏極発光層とスピン充填層という個々の量子ドット層に異なる光スピン機能性を持たせることで、量子ドットへの電子スピン注入による室温高スピン偏極発光の実現を目指す。さらに、スピン偏極発光ダイオードの活性層にサイズ変調結合量子ドットを用い、スピン偏極発光材料としての有用性を検証する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we developed a quantum dot active layer that can realize highly spin-polarized light emission at room temperature. First, we clarified the main factor that causes a sharp decrease in electron spin polarization with increasing temperature. We found that the spin polarization in quantum dots at room temperature can be improved by using p-doped capping layers. We have proposed a hybrid nanostructure of quantum wells and quantum dots, and demonstrated both strong luminescence and high spin polarization at room temperature. We also achieved the record-high spin polarizations of 90% at room temperature and 80% at 110°C using a tunnel-coupled nanostructure of dilute nitride semiconductor and quantum dots. We fabricated a spin-polarized light-emitting diode using p-doped quantum dots and achieved highly efficient operation at room temperature.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

光デバイスに必須の半導体では、室温で電子のスピン偏極が極短時間に失われてしまう。本研究では、スピン緩和が不可避な半導体において室温で電子スピン偏極を発光中に高める技術を確立し、半導体光スピントロニクスの室温動作に向けた新たな扉を開いた。その結果、電子スピン偏極の生成源に高スピン偏極材料を用いる必要なく、電子のスピン情報を半導体中に効率的に生成することが可能となった。また、110℃の高温環境でも高い電子スピン偏極率が維持されたことで、半導体量子ドットを用いた光スピン変換の高い実用性と有望性を示した。これにより、電子のスピン情報を光で伝送するスピン発光デバイスの実用研究が加速することが期待できる。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2021 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (48 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 8 results,  Open Access: 8 results) Presentation (34 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 17 results,  Invited: 3 results) Remarks (4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] リンショーピン大学(スウェーデン)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] リンショーピン大学(スウェーデン)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Room-temperature electron spin polarization exceeding 90% in an opto-spintronic semiconductor nanostructure via remote spin filtering2021

    • Author(s)
      Yuqing Huang, Ville Polojarvi, Satoshi Hiura, Pontus Hojer, Arto Aho, Riku Isoaho, Teemu Hakkarainen, Mircea Guina, Shino Sato, Junichi Takayama, Akihiro Murayama, Irina A. Buyanova, Weimin M. Chen
    • Journal Title

      Nature Photonics

      Volume: 15 Issue: 6 Pages: 1-9

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41566-021-00786-y

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Electric-Field-Effect Spin Switching with an Enhanced Number of Highly Polarized Electron and Photon Spins Using p-doped Semiconductor Quantum Dots2021

    • Author(s)
      S. Park, H. Chen, S. Hiura, J. Takayama, K. Sueoka, A. Murayama
    • Journal Title

      ACS Omega

      Volume: 6 Issue: 12 Pages: 8561-8569

    • DOI

      10.1021/acsomega.1c00377

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Highly efficient room-temperature electron-photon spin conversion using semiconductor hybrid nanosystem with gradual quantum dimensionality reduction2020

    • Author(s)
      S. Hiura, M. Takishita, J. Takayama, S. Sato, A. Murayama
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review Applied

      Volume: 14 Issue: 4

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevapplied.14.044011

    • NAID

      120006896739

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Asymmetric spin relaxation induced by residual electron spin in semiconductor quantum-dot-superlattice hybrid nanosystem2020

    • Author(s)
      S. Hiura, S. Hatakeyama, J. Takayama, A. Murayama
    • Journal Title

      Applied Physics Letters

      Volume: 116 Issue: 26

    • DOI

      10.1063/5.0010754

    • NAID

      120007097389

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Suppression of thermally excited electron-spin relaxation in InGaAs quantum dots using p-doped capping layers toward enhanced room-temperature spin polarization2020

    • Author(s)
      Shino Sato, Satoshi Hiura, Junichi Takayama, Akihiro Murayama
    • Journal Title

      Applied Physics Letters

      Volume: 116 Issue: 18

    • DOI

      10.1063/5.0004300

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Temperature dependence of inter-dot electron-spin transfer among laterally coupled excited states in high-density InGaAs quantum dots2020

    • Author(s)
      S. Sato, S. Hiura, J. Takayama, and A. Murayama
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Applied Physics

      Volume: 127 Issue: 4

    • DOI

      10.1063/1.5134002

    • NAID

      120006955181

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Enhanced hetero-dimensional electron-spin injection in a resonantly tunnel-coupled InGaAs quantum dot-well nanosystem2019

    • Author(s)
      H. Chen, S. Hiura, J. Takayama, S. Park, K. Sueoka, and A. Murayama
    • Journal Title

      Applied Physics Express

      Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Pages: 015003-015003

    • DOI

      10.7567/1882-0786/ab59bb

    • NAID

      210000157622

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Layer-selective spin amplification in size-modulated quantum nanocolumn2019

    • Author(s)
      S. Hiura, S. Saito, J. Takayama, T. Kiba, and A. Murayama
    • Journal Title

      Applied Physics Letters

      Volume: 115 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1063/1.5098110

    • NAID

      120006864494

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Photoelectric spin information conversion using semiconductor quantum dot2021

    • Author(s)
      S. Hiura, J. Takayama, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      Joint Symposium of Engineering & Information Science & WPI-ICReDD in Hokkaido University
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 半導体量子ドットを用いた省電力の電子スピン情報光伝送2021

    • Author(s)
      佐藤 紫乃, 樋浦 諭志, 高山 純一, 村山 明宏
    • Organizer
      映像情報メディア学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] InAs量子ドットの発光特性のGaAsキャップ層成長速度依存性2021

    • Author(s)
      和泉 蒼翼, 佐藤 紫乃, 樋浦 諭志, 高山 純一, 村山 明宏
    • Organizer
      第56回応用物理学会北海道支部/第16回日本光学会北海道支部合同学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 半導体量子ドットが拓く光電スピン情報変換2020

    • Author(s)
      樋浦 諭志
    • Organizer
      第6回北大・部局横断シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Fabrication of p-doped quantum dot spin-polarized light-emitting diodes2020

    • Author(s)
      K. Etou, S. Hiura, J. Takayama, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      2020 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM2020)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Highly efficient electron-photon spin conversion using InGaAs quantum dots with p-doped capping barrier2020

    • Author(s)
      S. Sato, S. Hiura, J. Takayama, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      2020 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM2020)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Spin relaxation property after spin transfer from a semiconductor superlattice barrier to quantum dots2020

    • Author(s)
      S. Hatakeyama, S. Hiura, J. Takayama, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      2020 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM2020)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Electron-spin dynamics in tunnel-coupled structures of InGaAs well and dot with different p-doping concentrations applied with electric field2020

    • Author(s)
      S. Park, H. Chen, S. Hiura, J. Takayama, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      2020 International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM2020)
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 半導体超格子バリアから量子ドットへのスピン輸送と注入後のスピン緩和2020

    • Author(s)
      畠山 沙衣子, 樋浦 諭志, 高山 純一, 村山 明宏
    • Organizer
      第81回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] InGaAs量子ドットの光スピン特性のpドーピング濃度依存性2020

    • Author(s)
      阪元 和弥, 樋浦 諭志, 高山 純一, 村山 明宏
    • Organizer
      第81回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 可変ストライプ長法によるInGaAs量子ドットのモード利得測定の層間膜厚依存性2020

    • Author(s)
      高山 純一, 大竹 章久, 樋浦 諭志, 村山 明宏
    • Organizer
      第81回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 電流注入型pドープ量子ドットスピン発光ダイオードの作製2020

    • Author(s)
      江藤 亘平, 樋浦 諭志, 高山 純一, 村山 明宏
    • Organizer
      第81回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Suppression of thermal spin relaxation of InGaAs quantum dots by p-doping2020

    • Author(s)
      S. Sato, S. Hiura, J. Takayama, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      第81回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] P-doping concentration dependence of electron-spin dynamics in InGaAs quantum well-dot coupled structures applied with electric field2020

    • Author(s)
      S. Park, H. Chen, S. Hiura, J. Takayama, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      第81回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] GaAs/AlGaAs超格子を用いたInGaAs量子ドットへのスピン輸送注入特性2020

    • Author(s)
      畠山 沙衣子, 樋浦 諭志, 高山 純一, 村山 明宏
    • Organizer
      第55回応用物理学会北海道支部/第16回日本光学会北海道支部合同学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 高密度InGaAs量子ドットの励起状態における電子スピンの熱励起効果2020

    • Author(s)
      佐藤 紫乃, 樋浦 諭志, 高山 純一, 村山 明宏
    • Organizer
      第55回応用物理学会北海道支部/第16回日本光学会北海道支部合同学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Quantum spin transport to self-assembled InGaAs quantum dots through AlGaAs/GaAs superlattice2019

    • Author(s)
      S. Hiura, J. Takayama, T. Kiba, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      Materials Research Meeting (MRM2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] InGaAs/GaAs Dot-in-well構造における電子スピンダイナミクスの温度依存性2019

    • Author(s)
      瀧下 水月, 樋浦 諭志, 高山 純一, 村山 明宏
    • Organizer
      第80回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 可変ストライプ長法によるInGaAs量子ドットの時間分解発光分光2019

    • Author(s)
      大竹 章久, 樋浦 諭志, 高山 純一, 村山 明宏
    • Organizer
      第80回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] pドープInGaAs量子ドットへの電子スピン注入の電界制御2019

    • Author(s)
      朴 昭暎, 陳 杭, 樋浦 諭志, 高山 純一, 村山 明宏
    • Organizer
      第80回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] pドープInGaAs量子ドットの励起準位における電子スピンダイナミクス2019

    • Author(s)
      佐藤 紫乃, 中村 裕人, 樋浦 諭志, 高山 純一, 村山 明宏
    • Organizer
      第80回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] GaAsキャップ層を低温成長したInGaAs量子ドットにおける電子スピンダイナミクスの温度依存性2019

    • Author(s)
      中村 裕人, 佐藤 紫乃, 樋浦 諭志, 高山 純一, 村山 明宏
    • Organizer
      第80回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] GaAsナノピラーに埋め込まれたIn0.5Ga0.5As量子ドットにおけるスピンダイナミクス2019

    • Author(s)
      陳 亜鳳, 木場 隆之, 飯島 奈都美, 高山 純一, 肥後 昭男, 樋浦 諭志, 村山 明宏
    • Organizer
      第80回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Size-modulation-induced spin amplification in quantum nanocolumns2019

    • Author(s)
      S. Hiura, S. Saito, J. Takayama, T. Kiba, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      7th International Workshop on Epitaxial Growth and Fundamental Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures (SemiconNano2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Temperature dependence of modal gain at excited states in high-density InGaAs quantum dots by variable stripe length method2019

    • Author(s)
      A. Ohtake, S. Hiura, J. Takayama, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      7th International Workshop on Epitaxial Growth and Fundamental Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures (SemiconNano2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Temperature-persistent spin relaxation in InGaAs/GaAs dots-in-well structure2019

    • Author(s)
      M. Takishita, S. Hiura, J. Takayama, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      7th International Workshop on Epitaxial Growth and Fundamental Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures (SemiconNano2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Electric-field-effect optical spin-injection device using p-doped InGaAs quantum dots2019

    • Author(s)
      S. Park, H. Chen, S. Hiura, J. Takayama, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      7th International Workshop on Epitaxial Growth and Fundamental Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures (SemiconNano2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Temperature-dependent spin dynamics in InGaAs quantum dots embedded with GaAs capping layer grown at low temperature2019

    • Author(s)
      Y. Nakamura, S. Hiura, S. Sato, J. Takayama, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      7th International Workshop on Epitaxial Growth and Fundamental Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures (SemiconNano2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] P-doping effects on temperature-dependent spin dynamics in InGaAs quantum dots2019

    • Author(s)
      S. Sato, S. Hiura, J. Takayama, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      7th International Workshop on Epitaxial Growth and Fundamental Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures (SemiconNano2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Spin-conserved electron transport to InGaAs quantum dots through GaAs/AlGaAs superlattice2019

    • Author(s)
      S. Hiura, J. Takayama, T. Kiba, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      Compound Semiconductor Week 2019 (CSW2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Lateral electronic coupling among self-assembled semiconductor quantum dots promoted by adjoining tunnel-coupled quantum-well potentials2019

    • Author(s)
      J. Takayama, S. Hiura, K. Takeishi, T. Kiba, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      Compound Semiconductor Week 2019 (CSW2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Electric-field control of optical-spin injection from an InGaAs quantum well to p-doped quantum dots2019

    • Author(s)
      S. Park, H. Chen, J. Takayama, S. Hiura, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      Compound Semiconductor Week 2019 (CSW2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effects of p-doping on excited spin states and the dynamics in InGaAs quantum dots2019

    • Author(s)
      S. Sato, M. Murakami, Y. Nakamura, S. Hiura, J. Takayama, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      Compound Semiconductor Week 2019 (CSW2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effects of growth temperature of a capping layer on excited spin properties of In0.5Ga0.5As quantum dots2019

    • Author(s)
      Y. Nakamura, S. Hiura, S. Sato, J. Takayama, and A. Murayama
    • Organizer
      Compound Semiconductor Week 2019 (CSW2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] 北海道大学 大学院情報科学研究院 電子材料学研究室

    • URL

      https://www.ist.hokudai.ac.jp/labo/processing/

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report 2019 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 半導体スピントロニクス実用化最大の問題「室温動作の壁」を突破!

    • URL

      https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/introduction/gov/office/pr/press-conference/R3.html

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 室温さらには110℃で世界最高性能のスピン増幅を達成

    • URL

      https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2021/04/110-1.html

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 室温で電子スピン情報を光情報に変換するナノ材料を開発

    • URL

      https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2020/10/post-735.html

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report

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