Gate-dependent spin-orbit coupling in multielectron carbon nanotubes

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 348-353

  Jespersen, T S ^a   Grove Rasmussen, K ^a,b   Paaske, J ^a   Muraki, K ^b   Fujisawa, T ^c   Nygard J ^a   Flensberg, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; YARN;

CARBON NANOTUBE QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRON OCCUPATION; GRAPHENE LATTICES; MULTI-ELECTRON; NANO-SCALE SYSTEM; ORBIT COUPLING; ORBITAL MOTIONS; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 79953698413     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1880     Document Type: Article

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