Electrical coherent control of nuclear spins in a breakdown regime of quantum Hall effect

Using a conventional Hall-bar geometry with a micrometal strip on top of the surface, the authors demonstrate an electrical coherent control of nuclear spins in an AlGaAs/GaAs semiconductor heterostructure. A breakdown of integer quantum Hall (QH) effect is utilized to dynamically polarize nuclear spins. By applying a pulse rf magnetic field with the metal strip, the quantum state of the nuclear spins shows Rabi oscillations, which is detected by measuring longitudinal voltage of the QH conductor.