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Nature Physics 4, 590 - 591 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nphys1045

Subject Categories: Electronics, photonics and device physics | Condensed-matter physics | Nanotechnology

Quantum electronics: Hybrid electron control

Belita Koiller1

  1. Belita Koiller is at the Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-972 Brazil.
    e-mail: bk@if.ufrj.br


The ability to change the degree of hybridization of a donor electron between the coulombic potential of its donor atom and that of a nearby quantum well in a silicon transistor has now been achieved. This is a promising step in the development of atomic-scale quantum control.

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