Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Quantum information

Noisy neighbours under control

The ability to control the nuclear spins in a semiconductor quantum dot is an important step towards a long-lived and controllable electron spin qubit.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Rent or buy this article

Prices vary by article type

from$1.95

to$39.95

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Figure 1: Electron energy levels (top), nuclear spin configuration in the quantum dot (centre) and PL intensity (bottom).

References

  1. Żak, R. A., Röthlisberger, B., Chesi, S. & Loss, D. Riv. Nuovo Cimento 33, 345–399 (2010).

    Google Scholar 

  2. Makhonin, M. N. et al. Nature Mater. 10, 844–848 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Vandersypen, L. & Chuang, I. L. Rev. Mod. Phys. 76, 1037–1069 (2004).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Poggio, M. & Awschalom, D. D. Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 182103 (2005).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Yusa, G. et al. Nature 434, 1001–1005 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Jelezko, F. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 130501 (2004).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Rugar, D. et al. Nature 430, 329–332 (2004).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Fuchs, G. D., Burkard, G., Klimov, P. V. & Awschalom, D. D. Nature Phys. 7, 789–793 (2011).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Petta, J. R. et al. Science 309, 2180–2184 (2005).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Bluhm, H. et al. Nature Phys. 7, 109–113 (2010).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. De Lange, G. et al. Science 330, 60–63 (2010).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Foletti, S. et al. Nature Phys. 5, 903–908 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Rudner, M. S., Vandersypen, L. M. K., Vuletic, V. & Levitov, L. S. Preprint at http://arXiv.org/abs/1101.3370 (2011).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Guido Burkard.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Burkard, G. Noisy neighbours under control. Nature Mater 10, 811–813 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3154

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3154

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing