Electron spin resonance and spin-valley physics in a silicon double quantum dot

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hao, Xiaojie ^a   Ruskov, Rusko ^b   Xiao, Ming ^a,c   Tahan, Charles ^b   Jiang, Hongwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT; SILICON;

ELECTRON; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SILICON; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OSCILLATION; PHYSICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLID STATE;

EID: 84900863801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4860     Document Type: Article

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