from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
quantum cell wire
<electronics, computing> (Or "quantum wire", "binary wire")
{Quantum cells} arranged in a line to carry signals. Adjacent
cells with the same orientation are at a low energy state and
a change of orientation at one end of a quantum wire
propagates along the wire, transmitting a signal. However,
unlike conventional wire, since only the orientation of charge
pairs changes, no current flows.
Circuits created using quantum cell wires are referred to as
Quantum-dot Wireless Digital Circuits, see {quantum dot},
{Quantum-dot Cellular Automata}.
(http://mitre.org/research/nanotech/quantum_dot_cell.html).
["Quantum Dot Heterostructures", D. Bimberg, et al, John Wiley
& Sons Ltd., Dec 1998]
(2001-07-17)