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We present time-resolved charge sensing measurements on a GaAs double quantum dot with two proximal quantum point contact (QPC) detectors. The QPC currents are analyzed with cross-correlation techniques, which enables us to measure dot…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-02-27 B. Küng , O. Pfäffli , S. Gustavsson , T. Ihn , K. Ensslin , M. Reinwald , W. Wegscheider

We present real-time detection measurements of electron tunneling in a graphene quantum dot. By counting single electron charging events on the dot, the tunneling process in a graphene constriction and the role of localized states are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-05-03 J. Guettinger , J. Seif , C. Stampfer , A. Capelli , K. Ensslin , T. Ihn

We report on the realization of a coupled quantum dot (QD) system containing two single QDs made in two adjacent InAs nanowires. One QD (sensor QD) is used as a charge sensor to detect the charge state transition in the other QD (target…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-07 Jingwei Mu , Weijie Li , Shaoyun Huang , Dong Pan , Yuanjie Chen , Ji-Yin Wang , Jianhua Zhao , H. Q. Xu

We consider a model of a quantum-mechanical resonator capacitively coupled to a single electron transistor (SET). The tunnel current in the SET is modulated by the vibrations of the resonator, and thus the system operates as a displacement…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Mozyrsky , I. Martin , M. B. Hastings

Owing to a few unique advantages, double-dot single electron transistor has been proposed as an alternative detector for charge states. In this work, we present a further study for its signal-to-noise property, based on a full analysis of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-06-13 HuJun Jiao , Xin-Qi Li , JunYan Luo

Detection of single-electron charges in solid-state nanodevices is a key technique in semiconductor quantum bit readout for quantum information processing and probing electronic properties of nanostructures. This detection is achieved using…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-31 Motoya Shinozaki , Yui Muto , Takahito Kitada , Tomohiro Otsuka

We observe individual tunnel events of a single electron between a quantum dot and a reservoir, using a nearby quantum point contact (QPC) as a charge meter. The QPC is capacitively coupled to the dot, and the QPC conductance changes by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. M. K. Vandersypen , J. M. Elzerman , R. N. Schouten , L. H. Willems van Beveren , R. Hanson , L. P. Kouwenhoven

We employ an intermediate excited charge state of a lateral quantum dot device to increase the charge detection contrast during the qubit state readout procedure, allowing us to increase the visibility of coherent qubit oscillations. This…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 S. A. Studenikin , J. Thorgrimson , G. C. Aers , A. Kam , P. Zawadzki , Z. R. Wasilewski , A. Bogan , A. S. Sachrajda

High fidelity qubit readout is critical in order to obtain the thresholds needed to implement quantum error correction protocols and achieve fault-tolerant quantum computing. Large-scale silicon qubit devices will have densely-packed arrays…

Semiconductor spin qubits are a promising platform for quantum computing but remain vulnerable to charge noise. Accurate, in situ measurement of charge noise could enable closed-loop control and improve qubit performance. Here, we propose a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-23 David W. Kanaar , Yasuo Oda , Mark F. Gyure , J. P. Kestner

We calculate the spectral density of voltage fluctuations in a Single Electron Transistor (SET), biased to operate in a transport mode where tunneling events are correlated due to Coulomb interaction. The whole spectrum from low frequency…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Goran Johansson , Andreas Kack , Goran Wendin

We experimentally demonstrate the real-time detection and control of correlated charge tunneling in a dynamically driven quantum dot. Specifically, we measure the joint distribution of waiting times between tunneling charges and show that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-02-04 Johannes C. Bayer , Fredrik Brange , Adrian Schmidt , Timo Wagner , Eddy P. Rugeramigabo , Christian Flindt , Rolf J. Haug

We provide a unified picture for the master equation approach and the quantum trajectory approach to a measurement problem of a two-state quantum system (a qubit), an electron coherently tunneling between two coupled quantum dots (CQD's)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hsi-Sheng Goan

Quasiparticle tunneling events are a source of decoherence and correlated errors in superconducting circuits. Understanding and ultimately mitigating these errors calls for real-time detection of quasiparticle tunneling events on individual…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Simon Sundelin , Linus Andersson , Hampus Brunander , Simone Gasparinetti

We report charge sensing measurements on a silicon quantum dot (QD) with a nearby silicon single electron transistor (SET) acting as an electrometer. The devices are electrostatically formed in bulk silicon using surface gates. We show that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 G. J. Podd , S. J. Angus , D. A. Williams , A. J. Ferguson

Gate-defined semiconductor quantum dots require an appropriate number of electrons to function as qubits. The number of electrons is usually tuned by analyzing charge stability diagrams, in which charge transitions manifest as edges.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-13 Fabian Hader , Fabian Fuchs , Sarah Fleitmann , Karin Havemann , Benedikt Scherer , Jan Vogelbruch , Lotte Geck , Stefan van Waasen

The operation of solid-state qubits often relies on single-shot readout using a nanoelectronic charge sensor, and the detection of events in a noisy sensor signal is crucial for high fidelity readout of such qubits. The most common…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-09 J. R. Prance , B. J. Van Bael , C. B. Simmons , D. E. Savage , M. G. Lagally , Mark Friesen , S. N. Coppersmith , M. A. Eriksson

We demonstrate improved operation of exchange-coupled semiconductor quantum dots by substantially reducing the sensitivity of exchange operations to charge noise. The method involves biasing a double-dot symmetrically between the…

Electron transport in nano-scale structures is strongly influenced by the Coulomb interaction which gives rise to correlations in the stream of charges and leaves clear fingerprints in the fluctuations of the electrical current. A complete…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-01-11 Niels Ubbelohde , Christian Fricke , Christian Flindt , Frank Hohls , Rolf J. Haug

We calculate the full frequency spectral density of voltage fluctuations in a Single Electron Transistor (SET), used as an electrometer biased above the Coulomb threshold so that the current through the SET is carried by sequential tunnel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 Andreas Kack , Goran Johansson , Goran Wendin