Quantum computing in the solid state: The challenge of decoherence

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1808, 2003, Pages 1441-1450

  Fisher, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decoherence; Master equations; Quantum computing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141888774     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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