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Design and
calculation of the reliability
of nanometer-size computer components utilizing technology
based on transport through quantum dots |
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| Control and
accumulation of spin coherence in semiconductor nano-devices,
at interfaces between differently doped regions. |
The main objective of our program has been the exploration of
coherent quantum mechanical processes in novel solid-state semiconductor
information processing devices, with components of atomic dimensions:
quantum computers, spintronic devices, and nanometer-scale computer
logic gates.
The achievements to date include new modeling tools for evaluating
initial decoherence and transport associated with quantum
measurement, spin polarization control, and quantum computer
design, in semiconductor device structures.
Our program has involved an interdisciplinary team, from
Physics and Electrical Engineering to Computer Science and
Mathematics, with extensive collaborations with leading experimental
groups and with Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The educational impact includes training undergraduate students,
graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and the development
of three new courses to introduce quantum nanotechnology concepts
to undergraduate and graduate students.
Our outreach program has included sponsoring conference events,
an international Quantum Device Technology workshop series,
and numerous lectures and presentations.
We gratefully acknowledge funding of our programs by
the National Science Foundation, under grants DMR-0121146
and ECS-0102500, by the National Security
Agency and Advanced Research and Development Activity, under
Army Research Office grants DAAD-19-02-1-0035, DAAD-19-99-1-0342,
a subcontract of DAAD-19-01-1-0607 from Harvard
University, and a conference-funding award W911NF-04-1-0186,
by the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic
Research under NYS Center for Advanced Materials Processing
award NYSTAR-21230710, by the US Air Force under
contracts F30602-97-2-0089 and F30612-96-1-0276, by the
Semiconductor Research Corporation gift
SRC-2000-RJ-873G, and by the McNair Scholarships for high-achiever
undergraduate students from groups underrepresented in college
education.
Last updated: 08/07/2007
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