Spin blockade and lifetime-enhanced transport in a few-electron Si/SiGe double quantum dot

Nature Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 540-544

  Shaji, Nakul ^a   Simmons, C B ^a   Thalakulam, Madhu ^a   Klein, Levente J ^a   Qin, Hua ^a   Luo, H ^a   Savage, D E ^a   Lagally, M G ^a   Rimberg, A J ^b   Joynt, R ^a   Friesen, M ^a   Blick, R H ^a   Coppersmith, S N ^a   Eriksson, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

DOUBLE QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRON SPINS; ENHANCED TRANSPORTS; MEASUREMENTS OF; SILICON DOUBLE QUANTUM DOT; SPIN CHANNELS; SPIN CONSERVATION; SPIN LIFETIMES;

ELECTROSPINNING;

EID: 46649107088     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys988     Document Type: Article

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