An Addressable and Tunable Module for Donor-based Scalable Silicon Quantum Computing

TL;DR

This paper introduces a scalable silicon quantum computing module with tunable two-qubit and addressable single-qubit gates, using an asymmetric donor coupling scheme to enhance fidelity and mitigate valley oscillations.

Contribution

It proposes a novel surface-code-compatible architecture with a single extra donor for tunability and addressability, advancing donor-based quantum processor scalability.

Findings

Fidelity exceeds fault-tolerance thresholds.

Asymmetric scheme mitigates valley oscillations.

Precision tolerances up to a few nanometers.

Abstract

Donor-based spin qubit offers a promising silicon quantum computing route for building large-scale qubit arrays, attributed to its long coherence time and advancements in nanoscale donor placement. However, the state-of-the-art device designs face scalability challenges, notably in achieving tunable two-qubit coupling and ensuring qubit addressability. Here, we propose a surface-code-compatible architecture, where each module has both tunable two-qubit gates and addressable single-qubit gates by introducing only a single extra donor in a pair of donors. We found that to compromise between the requirement of tunability and that of addressability, an asymmetric scheme is necessary. In this scheme, the introduced extra donor is strongly tunnel-coupled to one of the donor spin qubits for addressable single-qubit operation, while being more weakly coupled to the other to ensure the turning on and off of the two-qubit operation. The fidelity of single-qubit and two-qubit gates can exceed the fault-tolerant threshold in our design. Additionally, the asymmetric scheme effectively mitigates valley oscillations, allowing for engineering precision tolerances up to a few nanometers. Thus, our proposed scheme presents a promising prototype for large-scale, fault-tolerant, donor-based spin quantum processors.