A scanning superconducting quantum interference device with single electron spin sensitivity

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 639-644

  Vasyukov, Denis ^a   Anahory, Yonathan ^a   Embon, Lior ^a   Halbertal, Dorri ^a   Cuppens, Jo ^a   Neeman, Lior ^a   Finkler, Amit ^a   Segev, Yehonathan ^a   Myasoedov, Yuri ^a   Rappaport, Michael L ^a   Huber, Martin E ^a,b   Zeldov, Eli ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MOLLUSCS; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SHELLFISH; SQUIDS;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; LARGE EFFECTIVE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SINGLE ELECTRON; SINGLE ELECTRON SPIN; SPIN MAGNETIC MOMENTS; TYPE II SUPERCONDUCTORS; WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

QUANTUM DOT; NANOMATERIAL;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE; WHITE NOISE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84883688396     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.169     Document Type: Article

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