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In-situ control of hole-spin driving mechanisms

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2025-12-23 v1

Abstract

Hole-spin qubits enable fast, all-electrical spin manipulation through electric-dipole spin resonance (EDSR), arising from two microscopic mechanisms rooted in their intrinsically strong spin-orbit interaction. Depending on how the electric field acts on the quantum dot, the spin can be driven either by a modulation of its g-factor or by a displacement of the wavefunction. Here, we demonstrate in-situ control over the dominant EDSR driving mechanism of a hole-spin qubit in a silicon fin field-effect transistor by applying microwave signals to two different gate electrodes, thereby tuning the orientation of the local electric field. We measure the effective g-factor, its electrical tunability, and the Rabi frequency as functions of magnetic-field orientation. Their distinct angular dependencies, analyzed using a g-matrix formalism, allow us to identify the underlying driving processes and track their relative contributions for different drive configurations. By selecting the drive electrode, we can switch from a regime dominated by g-factor modulation to one with a strong contribution from wavefunction displacement. This in-situ tunability provides direct experimental access to both spin-driving mechanisms and offers a route toward optimized spin-qubit performance.

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@article{arxiv.2512.19467,
  title  = {In-situ control of hole-spin driving mechanisms},
  author = {Simon Geyer and Rafael S. Eggli and Carlos dos Santos and Miguel J. Carballido and Peter Stano and Daniel Loss and Dominik M. Zumbühl and Richard J. Warburton and Andreas V. Kuhlmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.19467},
  year   = {2025}
}

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10 pages, 3 figures and supplement