Amplitude spectroscopy of a solid-state artificial atom

Nature

Volumn 455, Issue 7209, 2008, Pages 51-57

  Berns, David M ^a   Rudner, Mark S ^a   Valenzuela, Sergio O ^b,d   Berggren, Karl K ^a,c   Oliver, William D ^a   Levitov, Leonid S ^a   Orlando, Terry P ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY ICN2   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMPLITUDE SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ATOM; ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 51349139373     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07262     Document Type: Article

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