Electrical control of single hole spins in nanowire quantum dots

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 170-174

  Pribiag, V S ^a   Nadj Perge, S ^a   Frolov, S M ^a   Van Den Berg, J W G ^a   Van Weperen, I ^a   Plissard, S R ^b   Bakkers, E P A M ^a,b   Kouwenhoven, L P ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; ELECTROSPINNING; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM ANTIMONIDES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOWIRES; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUBITS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ELECTRICAL CONTROL; HYPERFINE INTERACTIONS; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; SELF ASSEMBLED QUANTUM DOTS; SINGLE ELECTRON SPIN; SINGLE HOLE SPINS; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS; WEAK COUPLINGS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

NANOWIRE; QUANTUM DOT;

ACCELERATION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84874660582     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.5     Document Type: Article

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