Carbon nanotubes for coherent spintronic devices

TL;DR

This paper reviews the fabrication and experimental study of carbon nanotube-based spintronic devices, highlighting their potential for quantum applications due to their unique electronic and spin properties.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the principles and experimental progress in creating spin-electronic devices using individual, gated carbon nanotubes, emphasizing their quantum potential.

Findings

Understanding of electronic and nuclear spin degrees of freedom in nanotubes

Progress in fabricating spintronic devices with carbon nanotubes

Potential for quantum information applications

Abstract

Carbon nanotubes bridge the molecular and crystalline quantum worlds, and their extraordinary electronic, mechanical and optical properties have attracted enormous attention from a broad scientific community. We review the basic principles of fabricating spin-electronic devices based on individual, electrically-gated carbon nanotubes, and present experimental efforts to understand their electronic and nuclear spin degrees of freedom, which in the future may enable quantum applications.