Rapid Optical Spin Initialization of a Quantum Dot in the Voigt Geometry Coupled to a Two-Dimensional Semiconductor

We study the interaction of a quantum dot in the Voigt configuration with a laser pulse and particularly analyze the potential for rapid spin initialization by putting the quantum dot near a molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) monolayer. The MoS2 monolayer influences the spontaneous decay rates of the quantum dot, leading to anisotropically enhanced decay rates, for the quantum dot's electric dipole moments parallel and perpendicular to the layer. By solving the relevant density matrix equations, we find that high spin initialization fidelity is obtained at short times. The fidelity is significantly higher than when the quantum dot is in free-space vacuum. We examine two different cases of the interaction of the quantum dot with the applied optical field. First, we use a continuous wave laser field and determine for various quantum dot-MoS2 layer distances the field strength that leads to acceptable fidelity levels. The effect of the quality of the MoS2 material on the fidelity of spin initialization is also examined. We also study the interaction of the quantum dot with a laser pulse and apply numerical optimal control to obtain the time-dependent field strength, which leads to maximum final fidelity for short time intervals. The latter approach gives beneficial results in comparison to the continuous wave field excitation.