Dynamic behavior of quantum cellular automata

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 4722-4736

  Tougaw, P Douglas ^a   Lent, Craig S ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

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EID: 0000115540     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.363455     Document Type: Article

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