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Read-Out and Coherent Manipulation of an Isolated Nuclear Spin

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The computer industry developed in the course of the last 60 years from its very infancy to one of the biggest global markets. This tremendous evolution was triggered by several historical milestones. In 1947, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain presented the world’s first transistor [1] based on Walter Shockley’s field-effect theory. Their discovery was soon after rewarded by the Nobel Prize in physics and led to the development of today’s semiconductor industry.

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Thiele, S. (2016). Introduction. In: Read-Out and Coherent Manipulation of an Isolated Nuclear Spin . Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24058-9_1

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