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Three-spin juggling

Manipulating the electrons trapped in quantum-dot pairs is seen as one possible route to quantum computation. This idea is now extended to three quantum dots, enabling a whole host of extended functionality.

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Figure 1: Three-spin coherent manipulation.

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Koppens, F. Three-spin juggling. Nature Phys 8, 5–6 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2165

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