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Magnetic Resonance of Semiconductors and Their Nanostructures pp 435–518Cite as

Perspectives of Applications of Magnetic Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures and Single Defects

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Abstract

The growing interest in manipulation and read-out of single-electron and nuclear spin states in semiconductors and semiconductor nanostructures is associated with possible applications in spintronics and solid state quantum information processing.

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    Pavel G. Baranov

  2. Institut des Nanosciences de Paris-INSP, Université Pierre et Marie Curie and UMR 7588 au CNRS, Paris, France

    Hans Jürgen von Bardeleben

  3. Institut für Quantenoptik, Universität Ulm, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Baranov, P.G., von Bardeleben, H.J., Jelezko, F., Wrachtrup, J. (2017). Perspectives of Applications of Magnetic Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures and Single Defects. In: Magnetic Resonance of Semiconductors and Their Nanostructures. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 253. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1157-4_6

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