Driven coherent oscillations of a single electron spin in a quantum dot

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7104, 2006, Pages 766-771

  Koppens, F H L ^a   Buizert, C ^a   Tielrooij, K J ^a   Vink, I T ^a   Nowack, K C ^a   Meunier, T ^a   Kouwenhoven, L P ^a   Vandersypen, L M K ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; OSCILLATIONS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTUM THEORY;

MICROSECOND BURST; QUANTUM BITS; SINGLE ELECTRON SPIN;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

COMPUTER; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; OSCILLATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 33747514720     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05065     Document Type: Article

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