Silicon quantum electronics

FA Zwanenburg, AS Dzurak, A Morello… - Reviews of modern …, 2013 - APS
This review describes recent groundbreaking results in Si, Si/SiGe, and dopant-based
quantum dots, and it highlights the remarkable advances in Si-based quantum physics that …

Moiré superlattice effects in graphene/boron‐nitride van der Waals heterostructures

JR Wallbank, M Mucha‐Kruczyński, X Chen… - Annalen der …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Van der Waals heterostructures of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride feature a moiré
superlattice for graphene's Dirac electrons. Here, we review the effects generated by this …

First-principles study of Dirac and Dirac-like cones in phononic and photonic crystals

J Mei, Y Wu, CT Chan, ZQ Zhang - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2012 - APS
By using the k⇀· p⇀ method, we propose a first-principles theory to study the linear
dispersions in phononic and photonic crystals. The theory reveals that only those linear …

Loop updates for variational and projector quantum Monte Carlo simulations in the valence-bond basis

AW Sandvik, HG Evertz - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2010 - APS
We show how efficient loop updates, originally developed for Monte Carlo simulations of
quantum spin systems at finite temperature, can be combined with a ground-state projector …

Valley-based noise-resistant quantum computation using Si quantum dots

D Culcer, AL Saraiva, B Koiller, X Hu, S Das Sarma - Physical review letters, 2012 - APS
We devise a platform for noise-resistant quantum computing using the valley degree of
freedom of Si quantum dots. The qubit is encoded in two polarized (1, 1) spin-triplet states …

Coherent control and spectroscopy of a semiconductor quantum dot Wigner molecule

J Corrigan, JP Dodson, HE Ercan, JC Abadillo-Uriel… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Semiconductor quantum dots containing more than one electron have found wide
application in qubits, where they enable readout and enhance polarizability. However …

Conformal field theories in a periodic potential: results from holography and field theory

P Chesler, A Lucas, S Sachdev - Physical Review D, 2014 - APS
We study (2+ 1)-dimensional conformal field theories (CFTs) with a globally conserved U (1)
charge, placed in a chemical potential which is periodically modulated along the spatial …

Intervalley coupling for interface-bound electrons in silicon: an effective mass study

AL Saraiva, MJ Calderón, RB Capaz, X Hu… - Physical Review B …, 2011 - APS
Orbital degeneracy of the electronic conduction band edge in silicon is a potential roadblock
to the storage and manipulation of quantum information involving the electronic spin degree …

Electronic band gap and transport in Fibonacci quasi-periodic graphene superlattice

PL Zhao, X Chen - Applied Physics Letters, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate electronic band gap and transport in Fibonacci quasi-periodic graphene
superlattice. It is found that such structure can possess a zero-k gap which exists in all …

Quantum disordered phase on the frustrated honeycomb lattice

DC Cabra, CA Lamas, HD Rosales - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2011 - APS
In the present paper we study the phase diagram of the Heisenberg model on the
honeycomb lattice with antiferromagnetic interactions up to third neighbors along the line J …