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UNSW builds a transistor from one phosphorus atom placed in silicon
Feb 19, 2012
Michelle Simmons's group at UNSW in Australia reports in Nature Nanotechnology a transistor made of a single phosphorus atom, placed in silicon with a scanning tunneling microscope to an accuracy of one lattice site. It works at liquid-helium temperatures.
Why it matters
Spin-based quantum computers in silicon, such as Kane's 1998 design, need individual atoms placed with this kind of precision.
Martin Fuechsle · Michelle Simmons · UNSW Sydney
Related
- Bruce Kane proposes a quantum computer built in silicon (May 14, 1998)
- UNSW controls an electron-spin qubit bound to one atom in silicon (Sep 19, 2012)
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