Single-shot readout of an electron spin in silicon

Nature

Volumn 467, Issue 7316, 2010, Pages 687-691

  Morello, Andrea ^a   Pla, Jarryd J ^a   Zwanenburg, Floris A ^a   Chan, Kok W ^a   Tan, Kuan Y ^a   Huebl, Hans ^a,d   Möttönen, Mikko ^a,c   Nugroho, Christopher D ^a,e   Yang, Changyi ^b   Van Donkelaar, Jessica A ^b   Alves, Andrew D C ^b   Jamieson, David N ^b   Escott, Christopher C ^a   Hollenberg, Lloyd C L ^b   Clark, Robert G ^a,f   Dzurak, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d WALTHER MEISSNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f Department of Defence ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS; QUANTUM DOT; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; INNOVATION; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 77958029695     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09392     Document Type: Article

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