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Scalable Atomic Arrays for Spin-Based Quantum Computers in Silicon

Materials Science 2024-12-09 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

Semiconductor spin qubits combine excellent quantum performance with the prospect of manufacturing quantum devices using industry-standard metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) processes. This applies also to ion-implanted donor spins, which further afford exceptional coherence times and large Hilbert space dimension in their nuclear spin. Here we demonstrate and integrate multiple strategies to manufacture scale-up donor-based quantum computers. We use 31^{31}PF2_{2} molecule implants to triple the placement certainty compared to 31^{31}P ions, while attaining 99.99\,% confidence in detecting the implant. Similar confidence is retained by implanting heavier atoms such as 123^{123}Sb and 209^{209}Bi, which represent high-dimensional qudits for quantum information processing, while Sb2_2 molecules enable deterministic formation of closely-spaced qudits. We demonstrate the deterministic formation of regular arrays of donor atoms with 300\,nm spacing, using step-and-repeat implantation through a nano aperture. These methods cover the full gamut of technological requirements for the construction of donor-based quantum computers in silicon.

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@article{arxiv.2309.09626,
  title  = {Scalable Atomic Arrays for Spin-Based Quantum Computers in Silicon},
  author = {Alexander M. Jakob and Simon G. Robson and Hannes R. Firgau and Vincent Mourik and Vivien Schmitt and Danielle Holmes and Matthias Posselt and Edwin L. H. Mayes and Daniel Spemann and Andrea Morello and David N. Jamieson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.09626},
  year   = {2024}
}

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11 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables

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