Article abstract
Nature Physics 3, 192 - 196 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nphys544
Subject Categories: Information theory and computation | Condensed-matter physics | Electronics, photonics and device physics | Nanotechnology | Quantum physics
Spin qubits in graphene quantum dots
Björn Trauzettel, Denis V. Bulaev, Daniel Loss and Guido Burkard
Abstract
The main characteristics of good qubits are long coherence times in combination with fast operating times. It is well known that carbon-based materials could increase the coherence times of spin qubits, which are among the most developed solid-state qubits. Here, we propose how to form spin qubits in graphene quantum dots. A crucial requirement to achieve this goal is to find quantum-dot states where the usual valley degeneracy in bulk graphene is lifted. We show that this problem can be avoided in quantum dots based on ribbons of graphene with armchair boundaries. The most remarkable new feature of the proposed spin qubits is that, in an array of many qubits, it is possible to couple any two of them via Heisenberg exchange with the others being decoupled by detuning. This unique feature is a direct consequence of the quasi-relativistic spectrum of graphene.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
Correspondence to: Guido Burkard e-mail: Guido.Burkard@unibas.ch
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