Decoherence in solid-state qubits

Advances in Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-285

  Chirolli, Luca ^b   Burkard, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decoherence; Quantum dots; Spin coherence; Spin qubits; Superconducting qubits

Indexed keywords

BIAS CURRENTS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MAGNETISM; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEDIMENTATION; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLID STATE DEVICES; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

CIRCUIT ELEMENTS; CONTROL PARAMETERS; DECOHERENCE; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; ELECTRON SPINS; HYPERFINE INTERACTION; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOWEST-ENERGY LEVELS; MARKOVIAN; NON-MARKOVIAN; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; SOLID-STATE QUBITS; SPIN 1/2; SPIN BATH; SPIN COHERENCE; SPIN QUBITS; SPIN-ORBIT INTERACTION; SUPERCONDUCTING CIRCUITS; SUPERCONDUCTING QUBIT; SUPERCONDUCTING QUBITS;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 49849084683     PISSN: 00018732     EISSN: 14606976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00018730802218067     Document Type: Article

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