Spin-orbit qubit in a semiconductor nanowire

Nature

Volumn 468, Issue 7327, 2010, Pages 1084-1087

  Nadj Perge, S ^a   Frolov, S M ^a   Bakkers, E P A M ^a,b   Kouwenhoven, L P ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIUM; INDIUM ARSENIDE; NANOWIRE; QUANTUM DOT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRIC FIELD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOTION; OPTICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 78650845666     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09682     Document Type: Article

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