Detection of single spin decoherence in a quantum dot via charge currents

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 4648-4651

  Engel, Hans Andreas ^a   Loss, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB BLOCKADE; ELECTRIC CHARGE; FERMI LEVEL; GROUND STATE; HAMILTONIANS; OSCILLATIONS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

SINGLE SPIN DECOHERENCE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 0035858419     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.4648     Document Type: Article

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