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This research proposes altermagnetic semiconductors as a novel platform for spin qubits that eliminates the need for external magnetic fields while inherently suppressing leading-order electric-field noise. By leveraging momentum-dependent spin splitting, this approach mitigates dephasing errors through longitudinal suppression rather than complete noise elimination, offering a distinct pathway toward all-electrically controlled quantum processors. The work establishes altermagnetic materials as a viable foundation for gate-defined quantum dots with improved stability against environmental fluctuations.
fSim Altermagnetic Quantum Dots Shield Qubits From Electric Noise

Altermagnetic semiconductors are proposed as a platform for all-electrically controlled spin qubits in gate-defined quantum dots, enabling local frequency tunability without external magnetic fields or micromagnets. The momentum-dependent spin splitting, tied to a fixed altermagnetic quantization axis, longitudinally suppresses electric-field noise at leading order, causing relaxation rather than pure dephasing.
José Carlos Abadillo-Uriel and colleagues propose altermagnetic semiconductors as a new foundation for spin qubits, enabling operation with systems. Unlike most qubit designs that require external magnetic fields, this approach utilizes the shape of quantum dots to directly determine and tune qubit splitting, allowing for localized frequency control. The researchers report that electric-field…
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