A solid-state quantum computer with dipolar coupling between qubits is proposed. The qubits are formed by the low-lying states of an isolated acceptor in silicon. The system has the scalability inherent to spin-based solid state systems, but the spatial separation between the qubits is an order of magnitude larger. Despite strong dipolar inter-qubit coupling, the decoherence rate, as measured by electric dipolar echoes at an energy splitting of 1.5 GHz, is less than 1 kHz at low temperatures. For inter-acceptor distances of 100 nm and for modest microwave field amplitudes (50 V/cm) the clock frequency of the quantum computer is 0.1 GHz, which yields a quality factor of 105. This paper describes ideas for detection and operation of the quantum computer, and examines limitations imposed by noise sources.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0309147,
title = {Acceptor-based silicon quantum computing},
author = {B. Golding and M. I. Dykman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0309147},
year = {2007}
}