Single dopants in semiconductors

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-100

  Koenraad, Paul M ^a   Flatté, Michael E ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

COMMERCIAL DEVICES; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; NEW APPLICATIONS; NOVEL DEVICES; OF QUANTUM-INFORMATION; SINGLE SPIN; TUNABLE PROPERTIES;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 79251518049     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2940     Document Type: Review

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