Towards quantum entanglement in nanoelectromechanical devices

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 19, 2004, Pages

  Eisert, J ^a,b   Plenio, M B ^b   Bose, S ^c,d   Hartley, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); QUANTUM THEORY; RESONATORS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SWITCHING;

MECHANICAL DEVICES; NANOELECTROMECHANICAL (NEMS) DEVICES; QUANTUM COHERENCE; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 19744362433     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.190402     Document Type: Review

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