Coherent manipulation of single spins in semiconductors

Nature

Volumn 453, Issue 7198, 2008, Pages 1043-1049

  Hanson, Ronald ^a   Awschalom, David D ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT;

OPTICAL METHOD; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SOLID;

COMPUTER; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 45749106372     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07129     Document Type: Review

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