A Degenerate Singlet-Triplet Qubit with All-Electrical Orthogonal Control

arXiv:2607.27067v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Singlet-triplet qubits offer an attractive encoding for semiconductor quantum computing, combining ancilla-free readout, reduced sensitivity to common-mode noise, and baseband voltage control. However, the Zeeman energy difference $\Delta E_\mathrm{Z}$ is typically fixed by local magnetic field gradients or $g$-factor inhomogeneities, leaving the exchange interaction $J$ as the only dynamically tunable parameter. This always-on $\Delta E_\mathrm{Z}$ precludes orthogonal control of the qubit's rotation axes and introduces unwanted state rotations during idling. Here we demonstrate all-electrical orthogonal control of a degenerate singlet-triplet (DST) qubit formed by two hole spins in a germanium double quantum dot. Exploiting the electrically tunable anisotropic $g$-factors of the two spins, we identify a regime where both $\Delta E_\mathrm{Z}$ and $J$ vanish, making the $S$ and $T_0$ states degenerate at the idle point. By applying only baseband voltage pulses, we independently control both $J$ and $\Delta E_\mathrm{Z}$, enabling fully orthogonal $Z$- and $X$-axis rotations. Randomized benchmarking yields an average physical single-qubit gate fidelity of 99.53\% for a gate duration of approximately 100 ns. Finally, we electrically tune the degenerate point across a wide range of magnetic field orientations, enabling operation in a regime of enhanced coherence time and offering a route towards multi-qubit scaling under a shared global magnetic field.

Authors:Phuong X. Nguyen, Konstantinos Tsoukalas, Jann H. Ungerer, Julian Santen, Valentin John, Stefan D. Oosterhout, Lucas Stehouwer, Stefano Bosco, Giordano Scappucci, Menno Veldhorst, Amir Yacoby

Abstract:Singlet-triplet qubits offer an attractive encoding for semiconductor quantum computing, combining ancilla-free readout, reduced sensitivity to common-mode noise, and baseband voltage control. However, the Zeeman energy difference $\Delta E_\mathrm{Z}$ is typically fixed by local magnetic field gradients or $g$-factor inhomogeneities, leaving the exchange interaction $J$ as the only dynamically tunable parameter. This always-on $\Delta E_\mathrm{Z}$ precludes orthogonal control of the qubit's rotation axes and introduces unwanted state rotations during idling. Here we demonstrate all-electrical orthogonal control of a degenerate singlet-triplet (DST) qubit formed by two hole spins in a germanium double quantum dot. Exploiting the electrically tunable anisotropic $g$-factors of the two spins, we identify a regime where both $\Delta E_\mathrm{Z}$ and $J$ vanish, making the $S$ and $T_0$ states degenerate at the idle point. By applying only baseband voltage pulses, we independently control both $J$ and $\Delta E_\mathrm{Z}$, enabling fully orthogonal $Z$- and $X$-axis rotations. Randomized benchmarking yields an average physical single-qubit gate fidelity of 99.53\% for a gate duration of approximately 100 ns. Finally, we electrically tune the degenerate point across a wide range of magnetic field orientations, enabling operation in a regime of enhanced coherence time and offering a route towards multi-qubit scaling under a shared global magnetic field.

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)

arXiv:2607.27067 [cond-mat.mes-hall]

(or arXiv:2607.27067v1 [cond-mat.mes-hall] for this version)

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2607.27067 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)

From: Phuong X. Nguyen [view email] [v1] Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:54:51 UTC (7,034 KB)

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A Degenerate Singlet-Triplet Qubit with All-Electrical Orthogonal Control

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