Sentences with phrase «single phosphorus atom»

«Our decade - long research program had already established the most long - lived quantum bit in the solid state, by encoding quantum information in the spin of a single phosphorus atom inside a silicon chip, placed in a static magnetic field.»

Creating a voltage between them allowed current to flow between the two perpendicular electrodes — separated from each other by just 20 nanometres, through the single phosphorus atom, which acted as a transistor.

The single - atom transistor is made by carving a slot in a hydrogen - coated silicon wafer with a tunneling electron microscope and depositing a single phosphorus atom in the hole.

Not exact matches

And the progress goes on: Late last year, researchers in Finland and Australia built an experimental transistor out of a single atom of phosphorus.

The phosphorus atom acts as an electrical bucket, holding one electron — representing a single bit of information — until it is jolted with an external voltage.

Elaborate production methods would initially prevent single - atom phosphorus transistors from being a worthwhile addition to traditional computers, but they may be necessary one day.