Towards Quantum Computing: A Hybrid Approach That Will Unleash a Plethora of New QD Nanostructures, Bringing Us a Step Further to Laterally Coupled QDs
Kimberly Annosha Sablon · Nanoscale Research Letters · 2009
While the properties of individual quantum dots (QDs) are deemed attractive for applications in quantum computing, practically, they are insufficient. However, being able to group QDs to enable communication among them (quantum dot molecules—QDMs) is still extremely challenging although this field has been studied for about 20 years. Therefore, in an attempt to control the lateral ordering of QDs, researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a simple hybrid technique to fabricate QD pairs (QDPs) and QDMs. This technique has shown promise and paves the way for investigating possible interactions between QDs, taking us one step further to realizing quantum computing.