Singlet-triplet transition in a few-electron lateral In0.75Ga0.25As/In0.75Al0.25As quantum dot

The magnetic-field evolution of Coulomb blockade peaks in lateral In0.75Ga0.25As/In0.75Al0.25As quantum dots in the few-electron regime is reported. Quantum dots are defined by gates evaporated onto a 60-nm-thick hydrogen silsesquioxane insulating film. A gyromagnetic factor g(*)approximate to 4.4 is measured via zero-bias spin spectroscopy and a transition from singlet to triplet spin configuration is found at an in-plane magnetic field B=0.7 T. This observation opens the way to the manipulation of singlet and triplet states at moderate fields and its relevance for quantum information applications will be discussed.