Landau-Zener-Stückelberg-Majorana Interferometry of a Single Hole

Alex Bogan1, Sergei Studenikin1, Marek Korkusinski1

  • 1Emerging Technology Division, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada K1A0R6.

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