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Semiconductor Few-Electron Quantum Dots as Spin Qubits

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Quantum Dots: a Doorway to Nanoscale Physics

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 667))

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The spin of an electron placed in a magnetic field provides a natural two-level system suitable as a qubit in a quantum computer[1]. In this work, we describe the experimental steps we have taken towards using a single electron spin, trapped in a semiconductor quantum dot, as such a spin qubit [2].

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  1. Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, 5046, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands

    J.M. Elzerman, R. Hanson, L.H.W. van Beveren, L.M.K. Vandersypen & L.P. Kouwenhoven

  2. ERATO Mesoscopic Correlation Project, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033, Tokyo, Japan

    J.M. Elzerman, L.H.W. van Beveren, S. Tarucha & L.P. Kouwenhoven

  3. NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Atsugi-shi, 243-0129, Kanagawa, Japan

    S. Tarucha

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Elzerman, J., Hanson, R., van Beveren, L., Tarucha, S., Vandersypen, L., Kouwenhoven, L. Semiconductor Few-Electron Quantum Dots as Spin Qubits. In: Dieter Heiss, W. (eds) Quantum Dots: a Doorway to Nanoscale Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 667. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11358817_2

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