Clocked quantum-dot cellular automata devices: experimental studies

Presents an experimental demonstration of two novel clocked QCA devices - a QCA latch and a QCA shift register. We demonstrate the operation of the devices, and discuss sources and methods of lowering the digital errors in QCA clocked devices.

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