Abstract

The long term scaling prospects for solid-state quantum computing architectures relies heavily on the ability to simply and reliably measure and control the coherent electron interaction strength, known as the tunnel coupling, tc. Here, we describe a method to extract the tc between two quantum dots (QDs) utilising their different tunnel rates to a reservoir. We demonstrate the technique on a few donor triple QD tunnel coupled to a nearby single-electron transistor (SET) in silicon. The device was patterned using scanning tunneling microscopy-hydrogen lithography allowing for a direct measurement of the tunnel coupling for a given inter-dot distance. We extract and between each of the nearest-neighbour QDs which are separated by 14.5 nm and 14.0 nm, respectively. The technique allows for an accurate measurement of tc for nanoscale devices even when it is smaller than the electron temperature and is an ideal characterisation tool for multi-dot systems with a charge sensor.

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  • Gorman, S K, Broome, M A, Keizer, J G, Watson, T F, Hile, S J, Baker, W J and Simmons, M Y (2016) Extracting inter-dot tunnel couplings between few donor quantum dots in silicon

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  • In solid-state architectures, the spin–spin interaction between single electrons isolated to quantum dots (QDs) enables multi-qubit operations needed for universal quantum computation [5]. The strength of this interaction is governed by the coherent tunnel coupling term, tc between two electron charge states of neighbouring QDs [6]

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S K, Broome, M A, Keizer, J G, Watson, T F, Hile, S J, Baker, W J and Simmons, M Y (2016) Extracting inter-dot tunnel couplings between few donor quantum dots in silicon. The strength of this interaction is governed by the coherent tunnel coupling term, tc between two electron charge states of neighbouring QDs [6].

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