Quantum interference and phonon-mediated back-action in lateral quantum-dot circuits

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 522-527

  Granger, G ^a   Taubert, D ^b   Young, C E ^c   Gaudreau, L ^a,d   Kam, A ^a   Studenikin, S A ^a   Zawadzki, P ^a   Harbusch, D ^b   Schuh, D ^e   Wegscheider, W ^e,f   Wasilewski, Z R ^a   Clerk, A A ^c   Ludwig, S ^b   Sachrajda, A S ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCRYSTALS; PHONONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUBITS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

CHARGE MEASUREMENTS; COHERENT PHONONS; INFORMATION CONVERSION; QUANTUM DOT CIRCUITS; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; QUANTUM POINT CONTACT; QUBIT READ-OUT;

POINT CONTACTS;

EID: 84863498035     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2326     Document Type: Article

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