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Coherence times of electron spins bound to phosphorus donors have been measured, using a standard Hahn echo technique, to be up to 20 ms in isotopically pure silicon with [P]$ = 10^{14}$ cm$^{-3}$ and at temperatures $\leq 4 $K. Although…
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Donor spins in silicon are some of the most promising qubits for upcoming solid-state quantum technologies. The nuclear spins of phosphorus donors in enriched silicon have among the longest coherence times of any solid-state system as well…
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We consider the electronic transport properties of phosphorus (P) doped silicon nanowires (SiNWs). By combining ab initio density functional theory (DFT) calculations with a recursive Green's function method, we calculate the conductance…
Silicon-based dielectric is crucial for many superconducting devices, including high-frequency transmission lines, filters, and resonators. Defects and contaminants in the amorphous dielectric and at the interfaces between the dielectric…
We investigate the spin species relevant for the spin-dependent recombination used for the electrical readout of coherent spin manipulation in phosphorus-doped silicon. Via a multi-frequency pump-probe experiment in pulsed electrically…
We experimentally demonstrate a method for obtaining nuclear spin hyperpolarization, that is, polarization significantly in excess of that expected for a thermal equilibrium. By exploiting a modified Overhauser process, we obtain more than…
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Spins of single donor atoms are attractive candidates for large scale quantum information processing in silicon, since quantum computation can be realized through the manipulation of electron and/or nuclear spins. We here report on…