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This research establishes unstrained bulk germanium as a superior platform for scalable spin-circuit quantum electrodynamics (spin-cQED), demonstrating strong coupling strengths exceeding 100 MHz with superconducting resonators. The material's inherent large spin-orbit interactions and reduced sensitivity to magnetic field orientation offer significant advantages over strained heterostructures by mitigating device variability. These findings advance the practical feasibility of using bulk germanium for robust quantum information processing architectures.
Spin-cQED with bulk germanium spin qubits
arXiv:2607.24967v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Unstrained bulk germanium is a particularly attractive material for circuit quantum electrodynamics with spins (spin-cQED). We show, through systematic modeling and comparison with state-of-the-art strained germanium heterostructures, that hole spins in bulk germanium double quantum dots readily reach the strong-coupling regime with superconducting microwave resonators, achieving spin-photon coupling strengths $g_s/2\pi\gtrsim100$\,MHz. This enhancement originates from large spin-orbit interactions beyond the perturbative regime. In addition, the coupling is much less sensitive to the orientation of the applied magnetic field, which shall ease operation and limit the impact of device-to-device variability. Our results establish bulk germanium as a compelling platform for scalable spin-cQED.
Abstract:Unstrained bulk germanium is a particularly attractive material for circuit quantum electrodynamics with spins (spin-cQED). We show, through systematic modeling and comparison with state-of-the-art strained germanium heterostructures, that hole spins in bulk germanium double quantum dots readily reach the strong-coupling regime with superconducting microwave resonators, achieving spin-photon coupling strengths $g_s/2\pi\gtrsim100$\,MHz. This enhancement originates from large spin-orbit interactions beyond the perturbative regime. In addition, the coupling is much less sensitive to the orientation of the applied magnetic field, which shall ease operation and limit the impact of device-to-device variability. Our results establish bulk germanium as a compelling platform for scalable spin-cQED.
4 pages, 3 figures + Supp. Mat
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
arXiv:2607.24967 [cond-mat.mes-hall]
(or arXiv:2607.24967v1 [cond-mat.mes-hall] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2607.24967 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)
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