Triplet-singlet spin relaxation via nuclei in a double quantum dot

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7044, 2005, Pages 925-928

  Johnson, A C ^a   Petta, J R ^a   Taylor, J M ^a   Yacoby, A ^a,b   Lukin, M D ^a   Marcus, C M ^a   Hanson, M P ^c   Gossard, A C ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLINGS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROSTATIC GATES; NUCLEAR INTERACTIONS; ORBITAL MOTIONS; SPIN MEMORY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 21244444261     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03815     Document Type: Article

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