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quantum dot — noun A tiny cluster of electrons that act as a switch in a quantum computer • • • Main Entry: ↑quantum … Useful english dictionary
Quantum dot — Part of a series of articles on Nanomaterials Fullerenes … Wikipedia
Quantum dot — Point quantique Vue idéalisé d un quantum dot pyramidal d arséniure d indium (InAs) sur de l arséniure de gallium (GaAs) Un point quantique appelée aussi boite quantique ou encore par son appellation anglophone quantum dot est un nanocristal de… … Wikipédia en Français
Quantum dot — Ein Quantenpunkt (engl. quantum dot) ist eine nanoskopische Materialstruktur, meist aus Halbleitermaterial (z. B. InGaAs, CdSe oder auch GaInP/InP). Ladungsträger (Elektronen, Löcher) in einem Quantenpunkt sind in ihrer Beweglichkeit in allen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Quantum dot cellular automaton — Quantum Dot Cellular Automata (sometimes referred to simply as quantum cellular automata, or QCA) Any device designed to represent data and perform computation, regardless of the physics principles it exploits and materials used to build it, must … Wikipedia
Quantum dot display — A quantum dot display is a type of display technology used in flat panel displays as an electronic visual display. Quantum dots (QD) or semiconductor nanocrystals are a form of light emitting technology and consist of nano scale crystals that can … Wikipedia
Quantum dot solar cell — Spin cast quantum dot solar cell built by the Sargent Group at the University of Toronto. The metal disks on the front surface are the electrical connections to the layers below. Quantum dot solar cells are an emerging field in solar cell… … Wikipedia
Quantum dot laser — A quantum dot laser is a semiconductor laser that uses quantum dots as the active laser medium in its light emitting region. Due to the tight confinement of charge carriers in quantum dots, they exhibit an electronic structure similar to atoms.… … Wikipedia
quantum dot — /kwɒntəm ˈdɒt/ (say kwontuhm dot) noun a small particle of semiconductor material, as cadmium selenide, which is so confined that the removal or addition of a single electron can be detected; fluorescent versions are designed for use in displays… …
Lateral quantum dot — A lateral quantum dot is a type of quantum dot made by imposing a small area of decreased potential in the two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) by means of electrical gates such that electrons or electron holes are confined in the 2DEG plane. The… … Wikipedia
