Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2014) 129: 121
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2014-14121-4

Regular Article

Spin-dependent recombination and single charge dynamics in silicon nanostructrures

¹ Dip. Scienza dei Materiali, Università di Milano Bicocca, Via Cozzi, 53, 20125, Milano, Italy
² Laboratorio MDM - IMM - CNR, Via C. Olivetti, 2, 20864, Agrate Brianza, Italy

^* e-mail: d.rotta@campus.unimib.it

Received: 5 February 2014
Revised: 9 April 2014
Accepted: 7 May 2014
Published online: 17 June 2014

Abstract

In this work we report on the investigation of spin-dependent recombination processes in silicon nanowires and of the single charge dynamics on a donor atom coupled to a quantum dot.