We investigate theoretically the spin purity of single holes confined in vertically coupled GaAs/AlGaAs quantum dots (QDs) under longitudinal magnetic fields. A unique behavior is observed for triangular QDs, by which the spin is largely pure when the hole is in one of the dots, but it becomes strongly mixed when an electric field is used to drive it into molecular resonance. The spin admixture is due to the valence-band spin-orbit interaction, which is greatly enhanced in $C_{3h}$ symmetry environments. The strong yet reversible electrical control of hole spin suggests that molecules with $C_3$-symmetry QDs, like those obtained with [111] growth, can outperform the usual $C_2$-symmetry QDs obtained with [001] growth for the development of scalable qubit architectures.

• Received 16 March 2015
• Revised 6 May 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.041302