Superconducting quantum bits

Nature

Volumn 453, Issue 7198, 2008, Pages 1031-1042

  Clarke, John ^a,b   Wilhelm, Frank K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

COMPUTER; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ATOM; COMPUTER; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW;

EID: 45749102506     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07128     Document Type: Review

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