Quantum control in spintronics

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1948, 2011, Pages 3229-3248

  Ardavan, A ^a   Briggs, G A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diamond; Entanglement; Fullerene; Gallium arsenide; Quantum spintronics; Silicon

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE SPIN; CONDENSED MATTER; ELECTRON SPINS; ENTANGLEMENT; FULLERENE MOLECULES; HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE; LONG MEMORIES; MATERIALS SYSTEMS; NITROGEN ATOM; NITROGEN VACANCIES; NUCLEAR SPINS; ORDERED ARRAY; PHOSPHORUS DONOR; QUANTUM COMPUTING; QUANTUM CONTROL; QUANTUM PHENOMENA; QUANTUM SPIN; QUANTUM SYSTEM; QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; SINGLET-TRIPLET; SPIN STATE; SPINTRONIC DEVICE;

CONTROL THEORY; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRONS; FULLERENES; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

EID: 80051769586     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0009     Document Type: Review

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