Theory of unitary spin rotation and spin-state tomography for a single electron and two electrons

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Takagahara, T ^a,b  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM OPTICS; ROTATION; SPIN DYNAMICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

BELL-STATE MEASUREMENTS; BUILDING BLOCKES; COHERENT MANIPULATION; ELECTRON SPINS; KERR ROTATION; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; SINGLE ELECTRON; SINGLE ELECTRON SPIN; SINGLE QUBITS; SPIN-ROTATIONS; SPIN-STATE;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 77955678051     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.000A46     Document Type: Article

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