Semiconductor spin qubits

G Burkard, TD Ladd, A Pan, JM Nichol, JR Petta - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2023 - APS
The spin degree of freedom of an electron or a nucleus is one of the most basic properties of
nature and functions as an excellent qubit, as it provides a natural two-level system that is …

The germanium quantum information route

G Scappucci, C Kloeffel, FA Zwanenburg… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
In the effort to develop disruptive quantum technologies, germanium is emerging as a
versatile material to realize devices capable of encoding, processing and transmitting …

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 …

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 …

A germanium hole spin qubit

H Watzinger, J Kukučka, L Vukušić, F Gao… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Holes confined in quantum dots have gained considerable interest in the past few years due
to their potential as spin qubits. Here we demonstrate two-axis control of a spin 3/2 qubit in …

Prospects for spin-based quantum computing in quantum dots

C Kloeffel, D Loss - Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys., 2013 - annualreviews.org
Experimental and theoretical progress toward quantum computation with spins in quantum
dots (QDs) is reviewed, with particular focus on QDs formed in GaAs heterostructures, on …

Hybrid superconductor–quantum dot devices

S De Franceschi, L Kouwenhoven… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Advances in nanofabrication techniques have made it possible to make devices in which
superconducting electrodes are connected to non-superconducting nanostructures such as …

Gate-controlled quantum dots and superconductivity in planar germanium

NW Hendrickx, DP Franke, A Sammak… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Superconductors and semiconductors are crucial platforms in the field of quantum
computing. They can be combined to hybrids, bringing together physical properties that …

Hole spin relaxation in Ge–Si core–shell nanowire qubits

Y Hu, F Kuemmeth, CM Lieber, CM Marcus - Nature nanotechnology, 2012 - nature.com
Controlling decoherence is the biggest challenge in efforts to develop quantum information
hardware,,. Single electron spins in gallium arsenide are a leading candidate among …

Silicon–germanium nanowires: chemistry and physics in play, from basic principles to advanced applications

M Amato, M Palummo, R Rurali, S Ossicini - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
The trend predicted by Moore's law sets forth strict requirements on the electronic properties
of materials that cannot always be satisfied by conventional semiconductors. Thus, the last …