All-Electrical Quantum Computation with Mobile Spin Qubits
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2007-05-23 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We describe and discuss a solid state proposal for quantum computation with mobile spin qubits in one-dimensional systems, based on recent advances in spintronics. Static electric fields are used to implement a universal set of quantum gates, via the spin-orbit and exchange couplings. Initialization and measurement can be performed either by spin injection from/to ferromagnets, or by using spin filters and mesoscopic spin polarizing beam-splitters. The vulnerability of this proposal to various sources of error is estimated by numerical simulations. We also assess the suitability of various materials currently used in nanotechnology for an actual implementation of our model.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0306401,
title = {All-Electrical Quantum Computation with Mobile Spin Qubits},
author = {A. E. Popescu and R. Ionicioiu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0306401},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
10 pages, 6 figs, RevTeX4