Interface and electromagnetic effects in the valley splitting of Si quantum dots

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Autori principali: Lima, Jonas R. F., Burkard, Guido
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author Lima, Jonas R. F.
Burkard, Guido
author_facet Lima, Jonas R. F.
Burkard, Guido
contents The performance and scalability of silicon spin qubits depend directly on the value of the conduction band valley splitting. In this work, we investigate the influence of electromagnetic fields and the interface width on the valley splitting of a quantum dot in a Si/SiGe heterostructure. We propose a new three-dimensional theoretical model within the effective mass theory for the calculation of the valley splitting in such heterostructures that takes into account the concentration fluctuation at the interfaces and the lateral confinement. With this model, we predict that the electric field is an important parameter for valley splitting engineering, since it can shift the probability distribution away from small valley splittings for some interface widths. We also obtain a critical softness of the interfaces in the heterostructure, above which the best option for spin qubits is to consider an interface as wide as possible.
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spellingShingle Interface and electromagnetic effects in the valley splitting of Si quantum dots
Lima, Jonas R. F.
Burkard, Guido
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Quantum Physics
The performance and scalability of silicon spin qubits depend directly on the value of the conduction band valley splitting. In this work, we investigate the influence of electromagnetic fields and the interface width on the valley splitting of a quantum dot in a Si/SiGe heterostructure. We propose a new three-dimensional theoretical model within the effective mass theory for the calculation of the valley splitting in such heterostructures that takes into account the concentration fluctuation at the interfaces and the lateral confinement. With this model, we predict that the electric field is an important parameter for valley splitting engineering, since it can shift the probability distribution away from small valley splittings for some interface widths. We also obtain a critical softness of the interfaces in the heterostructure, above which the best option for spin qubits is to consider an interface as wide as possible.
title Interface and electromagnetic effects in the valley splitting of Si quantum dots
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.13661