OF THE DISSERTATION Codeword Stabilized Quantum Codes and Their Error Correction by Yunfan Li Doctor of Philosophy, Graduate Program in Electrical Engineering University of California, Riverside, August 2010 Dr. Ilya Dumer, Chairperson Quantum decoherence and errors represent some of the major challenges arising in quantum computations. Quantum error correcting codes protect quantum states agai...

alumina arrays Fariborz Kargar, Sylvester Ramirez, Bishwajit Debnath, Hoda Malekpour, Roger K. Lake, and Alexander A. Balandin Phonon Optimized Engineered Materials (POEM) Center, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems (SHINES) Center, University of California Riverside, Riverside, Califo...

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Near-Field Optical Transducer for Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording for Beyond-10-Tbit/in2 Densities R. Ikkawi1 ∗, N. Amos1, A. Lavrenov1, A. Krichevsky1, D. Teweldebrhan2, S. Ghosh2, A. A. Balandin2, D. Litvinov3, and S. Khizroev4 1Center for 3D Electronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California – Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA 2Nano-Device Laboratory, Department o...

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on silicon M. Shamsa, S. Ghosh, I. Calizo, V. Ralchenko, A. Popovich, and A. A. Balandin Nano-Device Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia Materials Science and Engineering Program, Bourns College of Engineering, Univ...

Yutaka MAEDA*1,2, Wendy W. HWANG-VERSLUES†1, Gang WEI‡3, Takuya FUKAZAWA§4, Mary L. DURBIN¶5, Laurie B. OWEN§6, Xuan LIU‡ and Frances M. SLADEK*7 *Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, U.S.A., †Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, U.S.A., ‡Department of Biochemistry, University of Californ...

An Analysis of Bullying Among Students Within Schools: Estimating the Effects of Individual Normative Beliefs, SelfEsteem, and School Climate Brian P. Gendron a , Kirk R. Williams b & Nancy G. Guerra a a Department of Psychology, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California, USA b Department of Sociology, and Presley Center for Crime and Justice Studies, University of California...