Quantum dots with single-atom precision

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 505-508

  Fölsch, Stefan ^a   Martínez Blanco, Jesús ^a   Yang, Jianshu ^a   Kanisawa, Kiyoshi ^b   Erwin, Steven C ^c  

^a PAUL DRUDE INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERELEKTRONIK   (Germany)

^b NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

ARBITRARY PRECISION; DISCRETE ENERGIES; ELECTROSTATIC GATES; FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES; QUANTUM DOT MOLECULES; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; SEMI-CONDUCTOR SURFACES; STATISTICAL VARIATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ELECTRON; ENERGY; MICROSCOPE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPE; SEMICONDUCTOR; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ACCURACY; MOLECULE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84904036801     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.129     Document Type: Article

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