Magnetic impurity formation in quantum point contacts

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7105, 2006, Pages 900-903

  Rejec, Tomaẑ ^a   Meir, Yigal ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; IMPURITIES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ELECTRON RESERVOIRS; MAGNETIC IMPURITY; QUANTUM POINT CONTACT (QPC); SEMICONDUCTOR QUBITS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM DOT;

CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 33747839407     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05054     Document Type: Article

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