Nanomaterials for quantum information science and engineering

A Alfieri, SB Anantharaman, H Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum information science and engineering (QISE)—which entails the use of quantum
mechanical states for information processing, communications, and sensing—and the area …

Energy dynamics, heat production and heat–work conversion with qubits: toward the development of quantum machines

L Arrachea - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an overview of recent advances in the study of energy dynamics and
mechanisms for energy conversion in qubit systems with special focus on realizations in …

Parity-conserving Cooper-pair transport and ideal superconducting diode in planar germanium

M Valentini, O Sagi, L Baghumyan, T de Gijsel… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Superconductor/semiconductor hybrid devices have attracted increasing interest in the past
years. Superconducting electronics aims to complement semiconductor technology, while …

Robust poor man's Majorana zero modes using Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states

F Zatelli, D van Driel, D Xu, G Wang, CX Liu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Kitaev chains in quantum dot-superconductor arrays are a promising platform for the
realization of topological superconductivity. As recently demonstrated, even a two-site chain …

Majorana qubits and non-abelian physics in quantum dot–based minimal Kitaev chains

A Tsintzis, RS Souto, K Flensberg, J Danon, M Leijnse - PRX quantum, 2024 - APS
The possibility of engineering artificial Kitaev chains in arrays of quantum dots coupled via
narrow superconducting regions has emerged as an attractive way to overcome the disorder …

A gate tunable transmon qubit in planar Ge

O Sagi, A Crippa, M Valentini, M Janik… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Gate-tunable transmons (gatemons) employing semiconductor Josephson junctions have
recently emerged as building blocks for hybrid quantum circuits. In this study, we present a …

Strong tunable coupling between two distant superconducting spin qubits

M Pita-Vidal, JJ Wesdorp, LJ Splitthoff, A Bargerbos… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Andreev spin qubits have recently emerged as an alternative qubit platform with realizations
in semiconductor–superconductor hybrid nanowires. In these qubits, the spin degree of …

Singlet-doublet transitions of a quantum dot Josephson junction detected in a transmon circuit

A Bargerbos, M Pita-Vidal, R Žitko, J Ávila, LJ Splitthoff… - PRX Quantum, 2022 - APS
We realize a hybrid superconductor-semiconductor transmon device in which the
Josephson effect is controlled by a gate-defined quantum dot in an In As-Al nanowire …

Phase-engineering the Andreev band structure of a three-terminal Josephson junction

M Coraiola, DZ Haxell, D Sabonis, H Weisbrich… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In hybrid Josephson junctions with three or more superconducting terminals coupled to a
semiconducting region, Andreev bound states may form unconventional energy band …

Minimal Kitaev-transmon qubit based on double quantum dots

DM Pino, RS Souto, R Aguado - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Minimal Kitaev chains composed of two semiconducting quantum dots coupled via a
superconductor have emerged as a promising platform to realize and study Majorana bound …