Manipulating Quantum Coherence in Solid State Systems [electronic resource] / edited by Michael E. Flatté, I. Ţifrea.

Semiconductor Spintronics for Quantum Computation -- Many-body Effects in Spin-polarized Transport -- Nuclear Spin Dynamics in Semiconductor Nanostructures -- Spin Coherence in Semiconductors -- Quantum Computing with Superconductors I: Architectures -- Superconducting Qubits II: Decoherence.

The NATO Advanced Study Institute "Manipulating Quantum Coherence in Solid State Systems", in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, August 29-September 9, 2005, presented a fundamental introduction to solid-state approaches to achieving quantum computation. This proceedings volume describes the properties of quantum coherence in semiconductor spin-based systems and the behavior of quantum coherence in superconducting systems. Semiconductor spin-based approaches to quantum computation have made tremendous advances in the past several years. Coherent populations of spins can be oriented, manipulated and detected experimentally. Rapid progress has been made towards performing the same tasks on individual spins (nuclear, ionic, or electronic) with all-electrical means. Superconducting approaches to quantum computation have demonstrated single qubits based on charge eigenstates as well as flux eigenstates. These topics have been presented in a pedagogical fashion by leading researchers in the fields of semiconductor-spin-based quantum coherence and of superconducting quantum coherence.