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 …

Spin dynamics in semiconductors

MW Wu, JH Jiang, MQ Weng - Physics Reports, 2010 - Elsevier
This article reviews the current status of spin dynamics in semiconductors which has
achieved much progress in the recent years due to the fast growing field of semiconductor …

Spin-valley lifetimes in a silicon quantum dot with tunable valley splitting

CH Yang, A Rossi, R Ruskov, NS Lai… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Although silicon is a promising material for quantum computation, the degeneracy of the
conduction band minima (valleys) must be lifted with a splitting sufficient to ensure the …

Embracing the quantum limit in silicon computing

JJL Morton, DR McCamey, MA Eriksson, SA Lyon - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Quantum computers hold the promise of massive performance enhancements across a
range of applications, from cryptography and databases to revolutionary scientific simulation …

Fast hybrid silicon double-quantum-dot qubit

Z Shi, CB Simmons, JR Prance, JK Gamble, TS Koh… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
We propose a quantum dot qubit architecture that has an attractive combination of speed
and fabrication simplicity. It consists of a double quantum dot with one electron in one dot …

Theory of nuclear-induced spectral diffusion: Spin decoherence of phosphorus donors in Si and GaAs quantum dots

R de Sousa, SD Sarma - Physical Review B, 2003 - APS
We propose a model for spectral diffusion of localized spins in semiconductors due to the
dipolar fluctuations of lattice nuclear spins. Each nuclear spin flip flop is assumed to be …

Practical design and simulation of silicon-based quantum-dot qubits

M Friesen, P Rugheimer, DE Savage, MG Lagally… - Physical Review B, 2003 - APS
Spins based in silicon provide one of the most promising architectures for quantum
computing. A scalable design for silicon-germanium quantum-dot qubits is presented. The …

Tunable Spin Loading and of a Silicon Spin Qubit Measured by Single-Shot Readout

CB Simmons, JR Prance, BJ Van Bael, TS Koh, Z Shi… - Physical review …, 2011 - APS
We demonstrate single-shot readout of a silicon quantum dot spin qubit, and we measure
the spin relaxation time T 1. We show that the rate of spin loading can be tuned by an order …

Pauli spin blockade in a highly tunable silicon double quantum dot

NS Lai, WH Lim, CH Yang, FA Zwanenburg… - Scientific reports, 2011 - nature.com
Double quantum dots are convenient solid-state platforms to encode quantum information.
Two-electron spin states can be detected and manipulated using quantum selection rules …

Spin blockade and lifetime-enhanced transport in a few-electron Si/SiGe double quantum dot

N Shaji, CB Simmons, M Thalakulam, LJ Klein, H Qin… - Nature Physics, 2008 - nature.com
Spin blockade occurs when an electron is unable to access an energetically favourable path
through a quantum dot owing to spin conservation, resulting in a blockade of the current …