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Efficient algorithms for the dynamics of large and infinite classical central spin models

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We investigate the time dependence of correlation functions in the central spin model, which describes the electron or hole spin confined in a quantum dot, interacting with a bath of… Click to show full abstract

We investigate the time dependence of correlation functions in the central spin model, which describes the electron or hole spin confined in a quantum dot, interacting with a bath of nuclear spins forming the Overhauser field. For large baths, a classical description of the model yields quantitatively correct results. We develop and apply various algorithms in order to capture the long-time limit of the central spin for bath sizes from 1000 to infinitely many bath spins. Representing the Overhauser field in terms of orthogonal polynomials, we show that a carefully reduced set of differential equations is sufficient to compute the spin correlations of the full problem up to very long times, for instance up to ${10}^{5}\ensuremath{\hbar}/{J}_{\mathrm{Q}}$ where ${J}_{\mathrm{Q}}$ is the natural energy unit of the system. This technical progress renders an analysis of the model with experimentally relevant parameters possible. We benchmark the results of the algorithms with exact data for a small number of bath spins and we predict how the long-time correlations behave for different effective numbers of bath spins.

Keywords: efficient algorithms; bath spins; algorithms dynamics; central spin; spin

Journal Title: Physical Review B
Year Published: 2017

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