Dynamical Model for Coherent Optical Control of a Single Confined Spin

We extend [1] our new dynamical model [2,3] for resonant coherent circularly polarized optical pulse interactions with charged semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) to include dissipation in the system through the spin relaxation dynamics. A generalized pseudospin master equation is derived for description of the optically-induced time evolution of spin coherences and spin populations in terms of the real state pseudospin (coherence) vector. The equation is solved self-consistently with the vector Maxwell equations for the optical wave propagation coupled via macroscopic medium polarization. Using the model we demonstrate numerically coherent readout of a single spin polarization state exploiting the high-intensity Rabi oscillations regime. We show that coherent spin-polarization control can be achieved by varying the excitation intensity through the pulse area which allows for differentiation between the time traces of the polarized photoluminescence, thus enabling high-fidelity schemes for single spin detection. Longest-lived spin coherence is achieved for odd multiples of π-excitations.