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Nonlinear electron transport in normally pinched-off quantum wires was studied. The wires were fabricated from AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructures with high-mobility two-dimensional electron gas by electron beam lithography and following wet…
The use of spatial quantum superpositions of electron states in a gated vdW heterostructure as a charge qubit is presented. We theoretically demonstrate the concept for the ZrSe$_2$/SnSe$_2$ vdW heterostructure using rigorous ab initio…
Electrically addressing spin systems is predicted to be a key component in developing scalable semiconductor-based quantum processing architectures, to enable fast spin qubit manipulation and long-distance entanglement via microwave…
An electron confined by a semiconductor quantum dot (QD) can be displaced by changes in electron occupations of surrounding QDs owing to the Coulomb interaction. For a single-spin qubit in an inhomogeneous magnetic field, such a…
In this study, a formal definition, robustness analysis and discussion on the control of a position-based semiconductor charge qubit are presented. Such a qubit can be realized in a chain of coupled quantum dots, forming a register of…
We investigate a novel hybrid system of a superconducting charge qubit interacting directly with a single neutral atom via electric dipole coupling. Interfacing of the macroscopic superconducting circuit with the microscopic atomic system…
Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) have been used to transport single electrons across long distances of several hundreds of microns. They can potentially be instrumental in the implementation of scalable quantum processors and quantum…
Precise manipulation of individual charge carriers in nanoelectronic circuits underpins practical applications of their most basic quantum property --- the universality and invariance of the elementary charge. A charge pump generates a net…
A scaled quantum computer with donor spins in silicon would benefit from a viable semiconductor framework and a strong inherent decoupling of the qubits from the noisy environment. Coupling neighbouring spins via the natural exchange…
We report a photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy study of charge state control in single self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum dots by applying electric and/or magnetic fields at 4.2 K. Neutral and charged exciton complexes were observed under…
Quantum operations with a charge solid-state qubit whose logical states are formed by two spatially separated localized states of an electron in the double-dot structure are studied theoretically. We show that it is possible to perform…
Recent experimental efforts have led to considerable interest in donor-based localized electron spins in Si as viable qubits for a scalable silicon quantum computer. With the use of isotopically purified $^{28}$Si and the realization of…
We investigate electron transport through a finite two dimensional mesoscopic periodic potential, consisting of an array of lateral quantum dots with electron density controlled by a global top gate. We observe a transition from an…
Built-in electric fields across heterojunctions between semiconducting materials underpin the functionality of modern device technologies. Heterojunctions between semiconductors and epitaxially grown crystalline oxides provide a rich…
Few-electron systems confined in a quantum dot laterally coupled to a surrounding quantum ring in the presence of an external magnetic field are studied by exact diagonalization. The distribution of electrons between the dot and the ring is…
We investigate the characteristics of purely electrostatic interactions with external gates in constructing full single qubit manipulations. The quantum bit is naturally encoded in the spatial wave function of the electron system.…
The interaction between molecular (atomic) electron(s) and the vacuum field of a reflective cavity generates a significant interest thanks to the rapid developments in nanophotonics. Such interaction which lies within the realm of cavity…
The ground state energy of exciton bound by distant ionized donor impurity in quasi-two-dimensional GaAs/AlGaAs semiconductor quantum well (QW) is studied theoretically within the Hartree approach in the effective mass approximation. The…
We present a theoretical model of split-gate quantum wires that are fabricated from GaAs-AlGaAs heterostructures. The model is built on the physical properties of donors and of semiconductor surfaces, and considerations of equilibrium in…
Spin qubits composed of either one or three electrons are realized in a quantum dot formed at a Si/SiO_2-interface in isotopically enriched silicon. Using pulsed electron spin resonance, we perform coherent control of both types of qubits,…