In silicon, electrons have to emit a photon and a sound vibration (a phonon) at the same time to reach the valence band. Instead, the electron typically finds a way to lose the energy without ...

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have uncovered how to manipulate electrical flow through crystalline ...

Silicon atoms contain four electrons in their outer shells. This means that each electron forms a covalent bond with a neighbouring atom and this gives silicon its crystal structure. Phosphorus, which ...

In a step that brings silicon-based quantum computers closer to reality, researchers at Princeton University have built a device in which a single electron can pass its quantum information to a ...

Electron qubit non-destructively read: Silicon qubits may be better Qubit avoids quantum wrecking ball, silicon may be future for quantum computers.

Appelbaum says that silicon-based spintronics could be easily incorporated into present-day integrated circuits. Also, theory says that electron spins survive for a long time in silicon.

The two-qubit silicon-based gate consists of two electrons (blue balls with arrows) in a layer of silicon (Si). By applying voltages through aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3) wires (red and green), the ...