Quantum computer aided design simulation and optimization of semiconductor quantum dots

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 16, 2013, Pages

  Gao, X ^a   Nielsen, E ^a   Muller, R P ^a   Young, R W ^a   Salinger, A G ^a   Bishop, N C ^a   Lilly, M P ^a   Carroll, M S ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE CALCULATION; CONFIGURATION INTERACTIONS; MASSIVELY PARALLELS; NUMBER OF ELECTRONS; OPTIMIZATION ENGINE; QUANTUM COMPUTING DEVICES; QUANTUM DEVICE; RAPID IDENTIFICATION;

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM COMPUTERS;

EID: 84887312013     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4825209     Document Type: Article

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