Solid-State Quantum Computer Based on Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

G. P. Berman; G. W. Brown; M. E. Hawley; V. I. Tsifrinovich

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.097902

Solid-State Quantum Computer Based on Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

G. P. Berman, G. W. Brown, M. E. Hawley, and V. I. Tsifrinovich

Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 097902 – Published 13 August 2001

Abstract

We propose a solid-state nuclear-spin quantum computer based on application of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and well-developed silicon technology. It requires the measurement of tunneling-current modulation caused by the Larmor precession of a single electron spin. Our envisioned STM quantum computer would operate at the high magnetic field ( $\sim 10 T$ ) and at low temperature $\sim 1 K$ .

Received 21 February 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.097902

Authors & Affiliations

G. P. Berman¹, G. W. Brown², M. E. Hawley², and V. I. Tsifrinovich³

¹T-13 and CNLS, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
²MST-8, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS G755, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
³IDS Department, Polytechnic University, Six Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, New York 11201