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Nature Materials 1, 212 - 213 (2002)
doi:10.1038/nmat777

Quantum computing: Fine lines from dots

Laura M. Herz1 & Richard T. Phillips1

  1. Laura M. Herz and Richard T. Phillips are at the Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK.

Correspondence to: Laura M. Herz1 e-mail: lmh33@cam.ac.uk


Quantum dots are candidates for quantum computing applications, but the coherence time of their quantum states must be improved. Recent optical measurements on single quantum dots indicate that the local environment plays a large role.

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