Modeling two-spin dynamics in a noisy environment

We describe how the effect of charge noise on a pair of spins coupled via the exchange interaction can be calculated by modeling charge fluctuations as a random telegraph noise process using probability density functions. We develop analytic expressions for the time-dependent superoperator of a pair of spins as a function of fluctuation amplitude and rate. We show that the theory can be extended to include multiple fluctuators, in particular, spectral distributions of fluctuators. These superoperators can be included in time-dependent analyses of the state of spin systems designed for spintronics or quantum information processing to determine the decohering effects of exchange fluctuations.

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