Quantum-dot cellular automata: Computing with coupled quantum dots

International Journal of Electronics

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 549-590

  Porod, Wolfgang ^a   Lent, Craig S ^a   Bernstein, Gary H ^a   Orlov, Alexei O ^a   Amlani, Islamshah ^a   Snider, Gregory L ^a   Merz, James L ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; NONLINEAR NETWORKS; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICA; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

QUANTUM DOT CELLULAR AUTOMATA (QCA);

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 0032682754     PISSN: 00207217     EISSN: 13623060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002072199133265     Document Type: Article

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