Information transport and computation in nanometre-scale structures.
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci
; 362(1819): 1135-47, 2004 Jun 15.
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ABSTRACT
We discuss two examples of novel information-transport and processing mechanisms in nanometre-scale structures. The local modulation and detection of a quantum state can be used for information transport at the nanometre length-scale, an effect we call a 'quantum mirage'. We demonstrate that, unlike conventional electronic information transport using wires, the quantum mirage can be used to pass multiple channels of information through the same volume of a solid. We discuss a new class of nanometre-scale structures called 'molecule cascades', and show how they may be used to implement a general-purpose binary-logic computer in which all of the circuitry is at the nanometre length-scale.
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Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci
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