How NOT to build control-target gates in semiconductor quantum dots and beyond

Abstract:Universal quantum computation requires single-qubit control together with at least one entangling two-qubit gate. CNOT and CROT gates are two famous examples of such gates, wherein the state of one qubit (control) dictates the transformation applied to the other (target). By using a simple derivation motivated by symmetry, we show that current device architectures of semiconductor-based quantum dot devices prevent efficient implementation of a CNOT and other asymmetric control-target gates via Heisenberg exchange, Coulomb repulsion, or other interaction that is invariant under spin exchange. Guided by this general principle, we propose a heterogeneous blueprint of double quantum dot devices that enables efficient implementation of the CNOT by breaking the spin exchange symmetry. Crucially, our numerical simulations predict that this novel device blueprint can enable a single-pulse fault-tolerant 100-ns CNOT gate in isotopically purified silicon.

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

arXiv:2608.00733 [cond-mat.mes-hall]

(or arXiv:2608.00733v1 [cond-mat.mes-hall] for this version)

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.00733 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)

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