On-demand single-electron transfer between distant quantum dots

Nature

Volumn 477, Issue 7365, 2011, Pages 439-442

  McNeil, R P G ^a   Kataoka, M ^a,b   Ford, C J B ^a   Barnes, C H W ^a   Anderson, D ^a   Jones, G A C ^a   Farrer, I ^a   Ritchie, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; QUANTUM DOT;

ELECTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSFER;

EID: 80053165364     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10444     Document Type: Article

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