We demonstrate high speed manipulation of a few-electron double quantum dot. In the one-electron regime, the double dot forms a charge qubit. Microwaves are used drive transitions between the (1,0) and (0,1) charge states of the double dot. A local quantum point contact charge detector measures the photon-induced change in occupancy of the charge states. Charge detection is used to measure T1∼1...

Investigating all possible steady-state solutions in a particle-exchanging double-quantum-dot heat engine coupled to baths parallel reveals possibility of power-enhanced by quantum coherence.

We report direct measurements of the charging diagram of a nanoscale series double-dot system at low temperatures. Our device consists of two metal dots in series, with each dot capacitively coupled to another single dot serving as an electrometer. This configuration allows us to externally detect all possible charge transitions within a double-dot system. In particular, we show that transfer o...

We study the two-qubit controlled-not gate operating on qubits encoded in the spin state of a pair of electrons in a double quantum dot. We assume that the electrons can tunnel between the two quantum dots encoding a single qubit, while tunneling between the quantum dots that belong to different qubits is forbidden. Therefore, the two qubits interact exclusively through the direct Coulomb repul...

With attention to the thin film structure of colloidal quantum dot solar cells, in this paper in order to improvement of active layer absorption of them, we have proposed the use of nanostructure pattern for enhancement of their performance. For this purpose we have presented suitable nano hemisphare patterns in colloidal quantum dot solar cells for light trapping in absorption layer. Then with...

Achieving control over the electron spin in quantum dots (artificial atoms) or real atoms promises access to new technologies in conventional and quantum information processing. Here we review our proposal for quantum computing with the spins of electrons confined to quantum dots. We discuss the basic requirements for implementing spin qubits, and describe a complete set of quantum gates for si...