000189771 001__ 189771 000189771 005__ 20210129215434.0 000189771 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1038/ncomms2738 000189771 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000318872100110 000189771 0247_ $$2altmetric$$aaltmetric:1315345 000189771 0247_ $$2pmid$$apmid:23612294 000189771 0247_ $$2Handle$$a2128/24464 000189771 037__ $$aFZJ-2015-02801 000189771 082__ $$a500 000189771 1001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aVolk, Christian$$b0 000189771 245__ $$aProbing relaxation times in graphene quantum dots 000189771 260__ $$aLondon$$bNature Publishing Group$$c2013 000189771 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000189771 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000189771 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1430231624_26976 000189771 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000189771 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000189771 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000189771 520__ $$aGraphene quantum dots are attractive candidates for solid-state quantum bits. In fact, the predicted weak spin-orbit and hyperfine interaction promise spin qubits with long coherence times. Graphene quantum dots have been extensively investigated with respect to their excitation spectrum, spin-filling sequence and electron-hole crossover. However, their relaxation dynamics remain largely unexplored. This is mainly due to challenges in device fabrication, in particular concerning the control of carrier confinement and the tunability of the tunnelling barriers, both crucial to experimentally investigate decoherence times. Here we report pulsed-gate transient current spectroscopy and relaxation time measurements of excited states in graphene quantum dots. This is achieved by an advanced device design that allows to individually tune the tunnelling barriers down to the low megahertz regime, while monitoring their asymmetry. 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