Spin Orbit Mediated Manipulation of Heavy Hole Spin Qubit in Gated Semiconductor Nanodevices

TL;DR

This paper proposes a spintronic nanodevice that coherently manipulates heavy hole spin qubits using Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction, enabling fast quantum gate operations with minimal control complexity.

Contribution

It introduces a novel device design for heavy hole spin manipulation leveraging spin-orbit coupling, functioning as a quantum logic gate with rapid operation.

Findings

Device operates on sub-nanosecond timescales

Requires only static voltage control

Supported by quantum mechanical simulations

Abstract

A novel spintronic nanodevice is proposed that is capable to manipulate the single heavy hole spin state in a coherent manner. It can act as a single quantum logic gate. The heavy hole spin transformations are realized by transporting the hole around closed loops defined by metal gates deposited on top of the nanodevice. The device exploits Dresselhaus spin orbit interaction which translates the spatial motion of the hole into a rotation of the spin. The proposed quantum gate operates on sub nanosecond time scales and requires only the application of a weak static voltage which allows for addressing heavy hole spin qubit individually. Our results are supported by quantum mechanical time dependent calculations within the four band Luttinger Kohn model.