Operating Semiconductor Qubits without Individual Barrier Gates

Semiconductor spin qubits have emerged as a promising platform for quantum computing, following a significant improvement in their control fidelities over recent years. Increasing the qubit count remains challenging, beginning with the fabrication of small features and complex fan-outs. A particular...

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Main Authors: Alexander S. Ivlev, Damien R. Crielaard, Marcel Meyer, William I. L. Lawrie, Nico W. Hendrickx, Amir Sammak, Yuta Matsumoto, Lieven M. K. Vandersypen, Giordano Scappucci, Corentin Déprez, Menno Veldhorst
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Published: American Physical Society 2025-08-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/xhq3-4jxz
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author Alexander S. Ivlev
Damien R. Crielaard
Marcel Meyer
William I. L. Lawrie
Nico W. Hendrickx
Amir Sammak
Yuta Matsumoto
Lieven M. K. Vandersypen
Giordano Scappucci
Corentin Déprez
Menno Veldhorst
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Marcel Meyer
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Giordano Scappucci
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description Semiconductor spin qubits have emerged as a promising platform for quantum computing, following a significant improvement in their control fidelities over recent years. Increasing the qubit count remains challenging, beginning with the fabrication of small features and complex fan-outs. A particular challenge has been formed by the need for individual barrier gates to control the exchange interaction between adjacent spin qubits. Here, we propose a method to vary two-qubit interactions without applying pulses on individual barrier gates while also remaining insensitive to detuning noise in first order. Experimentally we find that changing plunger gate voltages over 300 mV can tune the exchange energy J from 100 kHz to 60 MHz. This allows us to perform two-qubit operations without changing the barrier gate voltage. Based on these findings we conceptualize a spin qubit architecture without individual barrier gates, simplifying the fabrication while maintaining the control necessary for universal quantum computation.
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spelling doaj-art-af5e62f8a91e4be6831051cf0032fc162025-08-20T04:01:02ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review X2160-33082025-08-0115303104210.1103/xhq3-4jxzOperating Semiconductor Qubits without Individual Barrier GatesAlexander S. IvlevDamien R. CrielaardMarcel MeyerWilliam I. L. LawrieNico W. HendrickxAmir SammakYuta MatsumotoLieven M. K. VandersypenGiordano ScappucciCorentin DéprezMenno VeldhorstSemiconductor spin qubits have emerged as a promising platform for quantum computing, following a significant improvement in their control fidelities over recent years. Increasing the qubit count remains challenging, beginning with the fabrication of small features and complex fan-outs. A particular challenge has been formed by the need for individual barrier gates to control the exchange interaction between adjacent spin qubits. Here, we propose a method to vary two-qubit interactions without applying pulses on individual barrier gates while also remaining insensitive to detuning noise in first order. Experimentally we find that changing plunger gate voltages over 300 mV can tune the exchange energy J from 100 kHz to 60 MHz. This allows us to perform two-qubit operations without changing the barrier gate voltage. Based on these findings we conceptualize a spin qubit architecture without individual barrier gates, simplifying the fabrication while maintaining the control necessary for universal quantum computation.http://doi.org/10.1103/xhq3-4jxz
spellingShingle Alexander S. Ivlev
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Marcel Meyer
William I. L. Lawrie
Nico W. Hendrickx
Amir Sammak
Yuta Matsumoto
Lieven M. K. Vandersypen
Giordano Scappucci
Corentin Déprez
Menno Veldhorst
Operating Semiconductor Qubits without Individual Barrier Gates
Physical Review X
title Operating Semiconductor Qubits without Individual Barrier Gates
title_full Operating Semiconductor Qubits without Individual Barrier Gates
title_fullStr Operating Semiconductor Qubits without Individual Barrier Gates
title_full_unstemmed Operating Semiconductor Qubits without Individual Barrier Gates
title_short Operating Semiconductor Qubits without Individual Barrier Gates
title_sort operating semiconductor qubits without individual barrier gates
url http://doi.org/10.1103/xhq3-4jxz
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