Electron-nuclear interaction in 13 C nanotube double quantum dots

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 321-326

  Churchill, H O H ^a   Bestwick, A J ^a   Harlow, J W ^a   Kuemmeth, F ^a   Marcos, D ^a,b   Stwertka, C H ^a   Watson, S K ^a,c   Marcus, C M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; ELECTROSPINNING; ISOMERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOTUBES; QUANTUM OPTICS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SPIN DYNAMICS; YARN;

ELECTRON-NUCLEAR INTERACTION; MAGNETIC FIELD DEPENDENCES; NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENTS; OF QUANTUM-INFORMATION; QUADRUPOLAR COUPLING; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; STORAGE AND RETRIEVALS; VARIABLE CONCENTRATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 67649208515     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1247     Document Type: Article

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