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Dr Irene D'Amico, M.S. ('Laurea', Trieste, Italy), PhD (UMC)

Contact details

Mail:	Department of Physics University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD U.K.
Tel:	+44 (0)1904 322215
Fax:	+44 (0)1904 322214
E-mail:	irene.damico@york.ac.uk
Room:	P/A010
Site:	http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~ida500/

Research Group

• Mr Tom Hodgson
• Mr Jeremy Coe
• Mr Pier Paolo Marchisio
• Mr Shirwan Abdullah
• Dr Sheetal Kapoor
• Mr Scott Marmion
• Ms Rebecca Ronke

Recent Publications

I D'AMICO, BW LOVETT AND TP SPILLER

Freezing distributed entanglement in spin chains
Phys. Rev. A 76 030302 (2007) (4 pages)

I D'AMICO AND CA ULLRICH

Intrinsic power loss and damping of optical excitations in spintronic devices
J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 316 484-487 (2007) (4 pages)

TE HODGSON, MF BERTINO, N LEVENTIS AND I D'AMICO

Mesoporous matrices for quantum computation with improved response through redundance
J. Appl. Phys. 101 114319 (2007) (6 pages)

TP SPILLER, I D'AMICO AND BW LOVETT

Entanglement distribution for a practical quantum-dot-based quantum processor architecture
New J. Phys. 9 20 (2007) (10 pages)

I. D'AMICO.

Quantum dot-based quantum buses for quantum computer hardware architecture.
Microelectronics J. 37, 1440-1441 (2006). [ external link ]

I. D'AMICO AND C. A. ULLRICH.

Spin Coulomb drag, an intrinsic dissipation mechanism in spintronics.
Phys. Stat. Solid. B 243, 2285-2289 (2006). [ external link ]

I. D'AMICO AND C. A. ULLRICH.

Dissipation through spin Coulomb drag in electronic spin transport and optical excitations.
Phys. Rev. B(Rapid) 74, 121303 (2006).

B. KRUMMHEUER, V. M. AXT, T. KUHN, I. D'AMICO, AND F. ROSSI.

Pure dephasing and phonon dynamics in GaAs- and GaN-based quantum dot structures, Interplay between material parameters and geometry.
Phys. Rev. B 71, 235329 (2005). [ external link ]

M. FENG, I. D'AMICO, P. ZANARDI, AND F. ROSSI.

Spin-based quantum gating with semiconductor quantum dots by bichromatic radiation method.
Europhysics Lett. 66, 14-20 (2004).

S. DERINALDIS, I. D'AMICO, AND F. ROSSI.

Intrinsic electric field effects on few-particle interactions in coupled GaN quantum dots.
Phys. Rev. B 69, 235316 (2004). [ external link ]

I. D'AMICO AND G. VIGNALE.

Effect of the Coulomb interaction on spin injection in semiconductor structures.
J. Magnetism Magnetic Materials 272-76, 1928-1929 (2004).

I. D'AMICO.

Spin injection and electric-field effect in degenerate semiconductors.
Phys. Rev. B 69, 165305 (2004). [ external link ]

B. KRUMMHEUER, I. D'AMICO, and others (7).

Ultrafast carrier and phonon dynamics in GaAs and GaN quantum dots.
Semiconductor Science Technology 19, S31-S33 (2004).

I. D'AMICO AND G. VIGNALE.

High field and Coulomb interaction ettects on spin injection in degenerate semiconductors.
Semiconductor Science Technology 19, S383-S385 (2004).

R. IONICIOIU AND I. D'AMICO.

An interferometric spin-polarizing device.
Semiconductor Science Technology 19, S418-S420 (2004).

I. D'AMICO AND F. ROSSI.

Optical read-out devices based on quantum dots with intrinsic bias.
Semiconductor Science Technology 19, S483-S485 (2004).

G. VIGNALE AND I. D'AMICO.

Coulomb drag, magnetoresistance, and spin-current injection in magnetic multilayers.
Solid State Comm. 127, 829-834 (2003).

I. D'AMICO AND G. VIGNALE.

Spin Coulomb drag in the two-dimensional electron liquid.
Phys. Rev. B 68, 045307 (2003). [ external link ]

E. PAZY, T. CALARCO, I. D'AMICO, P. ZANARDI, F. ROSSI, AND P. ZOLLER.

Implementation of an all-optical spin-based quantum computer.
Physica Status Solidi B-Basic Research 238, 411-418 (2003).

I. D'AMICO AND G. VIGNALE.

Intrinsic decay of spin currents, The spin Coulomb drag effect.
J. Superconductivity 16, 253-256 (2003).

E. PAZY, T. CALARCO, I. D'AMICO, P. ZANARDI, F. ROSSI, AND P. ZOLLER.

All optical spin-based quantum information processing.
J. Superconductivity 16, 383-385 (2003).

E. PAZY, I. D'AMICO, and others (7).

Spin-based optical quantum computation via Pauli blocking in semiconductor quantum dots.
Europhysics Lett. 62, 175-181 (2003).

R. IONICIOIU AND I. D'AMICO.

Mesoscopic Stern-Gerlach device to polarize spin currents.
Phys. Rev. B 67, 041307 (2003). [ external link ]

M. FENG, I. D'AMICO, P. ZANARDI, AND F. ROSSI.

Spin-based quantum-information processing with semiconductor quantum dots and cavity QED.
Phys. Rev. A 67, 014306 (2003). [ external link ]

I. D'AMICO AND F. FOSSI.

All-optical single-electron read-out devices based on GaN quantum dots.
Applied Phys. Lett. 81, 5213-5215 (2002).

I. D'AMICO and others (7).

The excitonic quantum computer.
Physica Status Solidi B-Basic Research 234, 58-69 (2002).

S. DERINALDIS, I. D'AMICO, AND F. ROSSI.

Exciton-exciton interaction engineering in coupled GaN quantum dots.
Applied Phys. Lett. 81, 4236-4238 (2002).

I. D'AMICO, S. DERINALDIS, P. ZANARDI, AND F. ROSSI.

Quantum information/computation processing with self- assembled macroatoms.
Physica Status Solidi B-Basic Research 233, 377-384 (2002).

I. D'AMICO, E. BIOLATTI, E. PAZY, P. ZANARDI, AND F. ROSSI.

All-optical quantum dot implementation for quantum computing.
Physica E-Low-Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures 13, 620-623 (2002).

S. DERINALDIS, R. RINALDI, R. CINGOLANI, I. D'AMICO, E. BIOLATTI, AND F. ROSSI.

Intrinsic dipole-dipole excitonic coupling in GaN quantum dots, application to quantum information processing.
Physica E-Low-Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures 13, 624-629 (2002).

E. BIOLATTI, I. D'AMICO, R. IONICIOIU, P. ZANARDI, AND F. ROSSI.

Ultrafast quantum information processing in nanostructured semiconductors.
Superlattices Microstructures 31, 107-116 (2002).

I. D'AMICO, E. BIOLATTI, F. ROSSI, S. DERINALDIS, R. RINALDIS, AND R. CINGOLANI.

GaN quantum dot based quantum information/computation processing.
Superlattices Microstructures 31, 117-125 (2002).

P. ZANARDI, I. D'AMICO, and others (7).

Quantum information processing using semiconductor nanostructures.
Physica B-Condensed Matter 314, 1-9 (2002).

E. PAZY, I. D'AMICO, P. ZANARDI, AND F. ROSSI.

Quantum measurement of excitonic states using stimulated Raman adiabatic passage.
Physica B-Condensed Matter 314, 20-24 (2002).

I. D'AMICO AND G. VIGNALE.

Spin Coulomb drag and spin diffusion in doped semiconductors.
Physica B-Condensed Matter 314, 239-243 (2002).

I. D'AMICO, E. BIOLATTI, AND F. ROSSI.

Tailoring exciton-exciton Coulomb coupling in semiconductor macroatoms using an external electric field.
Physica B-Condensed Matter 314, 469-473 (2002).

F. ROSSI, I. D'AMICO, and others (7).

Entanglement of excitonic states and quantum information processing in semiconductors.
Physica Status Solidi A-Applied Research 190, 817-825 (2002).

S. DERINALDIS, I. D'AMICO, E. BIOLATTI, R. RINALDI, R. CINGOLANI, AND F. ROSSI.

Intrinsic exciton-exciton coupling, in GaN-based quantum dots, Application to solid-state quantum computing.
Phys. Rev. B 65, 081309 (2002). [ external link ]

I. D'AMICO AND G. VIGNALE.

Coulomb interaction effects in spin-polarized transport.
Phys. Rev. B 65, 085109 (2002). [ external link ]

E. BIOLATTI, I. D'AMICO, P. ZANARDI, AND F. ROSSI.

Electro-optical properties of semiconductor quantum dots, Application to quantum information processing.
Phys. Rev. B 65, 075306 (2002). [ external link ]

E. PAZY, I. D'AMICO, P. ZANARDI, AND F. ROSSI.

Storage qubits and their potential implementation through a semiconductor double quantum dot.
Phys. Rev. B 64, 195320 (2001). [ external link ]

I. D'AMICO AND F. ROSSI.

Field-induced Coulomb coupling in semiconductor macroatoms, Application to single-electron quantum devices.
Applied Phys. Lett. 79, 1676-1678 (2001).

I. D'AMICO AND G. VIGNALE.

Spin diffusion in doped semiconductors, The role of Coulomb interactions.
Europhysics Lett. 55, 566-572 (2001).

Recent Book Chapters

I. D'AMICO AND F. ROSSI.

Novel Devices for the Measurement of Electronic States in Semiconductor Quantum Dots
"In Semiconductor Macroatoms: Basic Physics and Quantum-Device Applications" (2005)
(edited by Imperial College Press/World Scientific Publishing).

I. D'AMICO and others (9)

All-Optical Schemes for Quantum Information Processing with Semiconductor Macroatoms
"In Semiconductor Macroatoms: Basic Physics and Quantum-Device Applications" (2005)
(edited by Imperial College Press/World Scientific Publishing).

I. D'AMICO AND F. ROSSI.

Modeling of few particle interactions in GaN-based macroatoms and its application to single-electron read-out devices.
In "Progress in Quantum Dot Research" (2004)
(edited Nova Science Publishers, Inc.).

I. D'AMICO AND F. ROSSI.

'Spin-based quantum information processing with semiconductor quantum dots embedded in a microcavity.
In "Progress in Quantum Dot Research" (2004)
(edited Nova Science Publishers, Inc.).