Initialization and read-out of spins in coupled core-shell quantum dots

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 831-834

  Berezovsky, J ^a   Gywat, O ^a   Meier, F ^a   Battaglia, D ^b   Peng, X ^b   Awschalom, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUBITS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

CORE-SHELL QUANTUM DOTS; COUPLED ELECTRONIC STATE; OF QUANTUM-INFORMATION; QUANTUM DOT QUANTUM WELL; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS; TIME-RESOLVED FARADAY ROTATION; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33845222300     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys458     Document Type: Article

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