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Strained Ge ($\epsilon$-Ge) and strained Si ($\epsilon$-Si) buried quantum wells have enabled advanced spin-qubit quantum processors. However, in the absence of suitable lattice-matched substrates, $\epsilon$-Ge and $\epsilon$-Si are…

Strong spin-orbit coupling and relatively weak hyperfine interactions make germanium hole spin qubits a promising candidate for semiconductor quantum processors. The two-dimensional hole gas structure of strained Ge quantum wells serves as…

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We fabricate an undoped Ge quantum well under 30 nm Ge0.8Si0.2 shallow barrier with reverse grading technology. The under barrier is deposited by Ge0.8Si0.2 followed by Ge0.9Si0.1 so that the variation of Ge content forms a sharp interface…

We demonstrate that a lightly-strained germanium channel ($\varepsilon_{//}$ = -0.41%) in an undoped Ge/Si$_{0.1}$Ge$_{0.9}$ heterostructure field effect transistor supports a 2D hole gas with mobility in excess of 1$\times$10$^{6}$…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-06 M. Lodari , O. Kong , M. Rendell , A. Tosato , A. Sammak , M. Veldhorst , A. R. Hamilton , G. Scappucci

We engineer planar Ge/SiGe heterostructures for low disorder and quiet hole quantum dot operation by positioning the strained Ge channel 55~nm below the semiconductor/dielectric interface. In heterostructure field effect transistors, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-14 M. Lodari , N. W. Hendrickx , W. I. L. Lawrie , T. -K. Hsiao , L. M. K. Vandersypen , A. Sammak , M. Veldhorst , G. Scappucci

Germanium (Ge) quantum wells are emerging as versatile platforms for quantum devices, supporting high-quality spin qubits and integration with superconducting leads. These applications benefit from strong intrinsic spin-orbit interaction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-24 Patrick Del Vecchio , Kevin Rossi , Giordano Scappucci , Stefano Bosco

We grow strained Ge/SiGe heterostructures by reduced-pressure chemical vapor deposition on 100 mm Ge wafers. The use of Ge wafers as substrates for epitaxy enables high-quality Ge-rich SiGe strain-relaxed buffers with a threading…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-11 Lucas E. A. Stehouwer , Alberto Tosato , Davide Degli Esposti , Davide Costa , Menno Veldhorst , Amir Sammak , Giordano Scappucci

We investigate the disorder properties of two-dimensional hole gases in Ge/SiGe heterostructures grown on Ge wafers, using thick SiGe barriers to mitigate the influence of the semiconductor-dielectric interface. Across several…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-30 Davide Costa , Lucas E. A. Stehouwer , Yi Huang , Sara Martí-Sánchez , Davide Degli Esposti , Jordi Arbiol , Giordano Scappucci

Hole gases in planar germanium can have high mobilities in combination with strong spin-orbit interaction and electrically tunable g-factors, and are therefore emerging as a promising platform for creating hybrid…

Ge/SiGe quantum well heterostructures confining a high-mobility two-dimensional hole gas (2DHG) have emerged as a compelling platform for hybrid superconductor(S)-semiconductor(Sm) quantum devices. Here, we investigate the low-temperature…

Two-dimensional electron and hole gas systems, enabled through band structure design and epitaxial growth on planar substrates, have served as key platforms for fundamental condensed matter research and high performance devices. The…

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Superconductors and semiconductors are crucial platforms in the field of quantum computing. They can be combined to hybrids, bringing together physical properties that enable the discovery of new emergent phenomena and provide novel…

Germanium-silicon-germanium (Ge/Si$_{x}$Ge$_{1-x}$) heterostructures have emerged as a promising platform for hole-spin quantum technologies and high-mobility electronics, where strain and quantum confinement strongly reshape the Ge valence…

Evaluation of critical bandstructure and quantum transport parameters in two-dimensional systems is challenging when competition emerges among different energy scales shaping quantum oscillations in a magnetic field. Here we overcome this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-22 Davide Costa , Lucas E. A. Stehouwer , Davide Degli Esposti , Giordano Scappucci

In the worldwide endeavor for disruptive quantum technologies, germanium is emerging as a versatile material to realize devices capable of encoding, processing, or transmitting quantum information. These devices leverage special properties…

Planar germanium is currently the only semiconducting platform where high-coherence spin qubits and proximity-induced superconductivity have each been demonstrated. Recent research into spin qubits in Ge/SiGe heterostructures has focused on…

The prospect of achieving fault-tolerant quantum computing with semiconductor spin qubits in Si/SiGe heterostructures relies on the integration of a large number of identical devices, a feat achievable through a scalable (Bi)CMOS…

Scaling down the GaN channel in a double heterostructure AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) to the thicknesses on the order of or even smaller than the Bohr radius confines electrons in the quantum well even at low…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-28 G. Simin , M. Shur

We perform detailed magnetotransport studies on two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) formed in undoped Si/SiGe heterostructures in order to identify the electron mobility limiting mechanisms in this increasingly important materials…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-24 X. Mi , T. M. Hazard , C. Payette , K. Wang , D. M. Zajac , J. V. Cady , J. R. Petta

Germanium quantum well heterostructures have rapidly emerged as a leading platform for solid-state quantum information processing; however, material quality limits scalability, and higher structural quality, higher purity, as well as zero…

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