Coherent spin transfer between molecularly bridged quantum dots

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5636, 2003, Pages 1074-1078

  Ouyang, Min ^a   Awschalom, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARADAY EFFECT; MOLECULES; ROTATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

COHERENT SPIN TRANSFER;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; COHERENT SPIN TRANSFER; CONJUGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMTOSECOND TIME RESOLVED FARADAY ROTATION SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN TRAPPING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0041429278     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1086963     Document Type: Article

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