Universal quantum control of two-electron spin quantum bits using dynamic nuclear polarization

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 903-908

  Foletti, Sandra ^a   Bluhm, Hendrik ^a   Mahalu, Diana ^b   Umansky, Vladimir ^b   Yacoby, Amir ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; ELECTROSPINNING; ERROR CORRECTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUBITS; ROTATION; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ARBITRARY ROTATION; DYNAMIC NUCLEAR POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD GRADIENT; OPERATION TIME; QUANTUM CONTROL; QUANTUM ERROR CORRECTIONS; QUANTUM STATE TOMOGRAPHY; UNIVERSAL CONTROL;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 71449092092     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1424     Document Type: Article

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