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The ability to control the size of the electronic bandgap is an integral part of solid-state technology. Atomically-thin two-dimensional crystals offer a new approach for tuning the energies of the electronic states based on the interplay…

Techniques to control the quantum state of light play a crucial role in a wide range of fields, from quantum information science to precision measurements. While for electrons in solid state materials complex quantum states can be created…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-11-18 Christian Kurtscheid , David Dung , Erik Busley , Frank Vewinger , Achim Rosch , Martin Weitz

We present the solid-state quantum circuits that have been developed in order to implement quantum bits suitable for a quantum processor. These qubits are either based on the quantum state of a single particle (semiconductor qubits), or on…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Esteve , D. Vion

All non-interacting two-dimensional electronic systems are expected to exhibit an insulating ground state. This conspicuous absence of the metallic phase has been challenged only in the case of low-disorder, low density, semiconducting…

Intuitively, doping represents one of the most promising avenues for optimization of best prospect superconductors (SC) such as conventional high-pressure SCs with record critical temperatures. However, doping at high pressure (HP) is very…

Solid-state qubits have the potential for the large-scale integration and for the flexibility of layout for quantum computing. However, their short decoherence time due to the coupling to the environment remains an important problem to be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Yamashita , K. Tanikawa , S. Takahashi , S. Maekawa

Recent improvements in materials growth and fabrication techniques may finally allow for superconducting semiconductors to realize their potential. Here we build on a recent proposal to construct superconducting devices such as wires,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-13 Yun-Pil Shim , Charles Tahan

One of the missing elements for realising an integrated optical circuit is a rectifying device playing the role of an optical diode. A proposal based on a pair of two-level atoms strongly coupled to a one-dimenisonal waveguide showed a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-23 Jibo Dai , Alexandre Roulet , Huy Nguyen Le , Valerio Scarani

We propose a new structure suitable for quantum computing in a solid state environment: designed defect states in antidot lattices superimposed on a two-dimensional electron gas at a semiconductor heterostructure. State manipulation can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Christian Flindt , Niels Asger Mortensen , Antti-Pekka Jauho

To be practical, semiconductors need to be doped. Sometimes, to nearly degenerate levels, e.g. in applications such as thermoelectric, transparent electronics or power electronics. However, many materials with finite band gaps are not…

A weakly biased normal-metal-superconductor junction is considered as a potential device injecting entangled pairs of quasi-particles into a normal-metal lead. The two-particle states arise from Cooper pairs decaying into the normal lead…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Gordey B. Lesovik , Thierry Martin , Gianni Blatter

Solid-state superconducting circuits are versatile systems in which quantum states can be engineered and controlled. Recent progress in this area has opened up exciting possibilities for exploring fundamental physics as well as applications…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-10-05 O. Astafiev , K. Inomata , A. O. Niskanen , T. Yamamoto , Yu. A. Pashkin , Y. Nakamura , J. S. Tsai

Atomic-scale ferroelectrics are of great interest for high-density electronics, particularly field-effect transistors, low-power logic, and nonvolatile memories. We devised a film with a layered structure of bismuth oxide that can stabilize…

The speed of integrated circuits is ultimately limited by the mobility of electrons or holes, which depend on the effective mass in a semiconductor. Here, building on an analogy with electromagnetic metamaterials and transformation optics,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-08-31 Mario G. Silveirinha , Nader Engheta

Doping mobile carriers into ordinary semiconductors such as Si, GaAs, and ZnO was the enabling step in the electronic and optoelectronic revolutions. The recent emergence of a class of "Quantum Materials", where uniquely quantum…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-11-30 Alex Zunger , Oleksandr I. Malyi

Topological phases of matter are commonly understood as emerging either from crystalline symmetry and intrinsic spin-orbit coupling or from disorder-driven electronic renormalization. In realistic materials, however, structural defects…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-19 Emmanuel V. C. Lopes , Felipe Crasto de Lima , Caio Lewenkopf , Adalberto Fazzio

In this review, We discussed the theoretical foundation and experimental discovery of different topological electronic states of material in condensed matter. At first, we briefly reviewed the conventional electronic states, which have been…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-11-30 Arnab Kumar Pariari

The possibility of a novel type of semiconductor quantum dots obtained by spatially modulating the spin-orbit coupling intensity in III-V heterostructures is discussed. Using the effective mass model we predict confined one-electron states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Valin-Rodriguez , A. Puente , L. Serra

Quantum embedding theories are promising approaches to investigate strongly-correlated electronic states of active regions of large-scale molecular or condensed systems. Notable examples are spin defects in semiconductors and insulators. We…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-12-14 He Ma , Nan Sheng , Marco Govoni , Giulia Galli