Patent classifications
H10D48/00
Monolithic qubit integrated circuits
Described is a monolithic integrated circuit for use in quantum computing based on single and multiple coupled quantum dot electron- and hole-spin qubits monolithically integrated with the mm-wave spin manipulation and readout circuitry in commercial complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology. The integrated circuit includes a plurality of n-channel or p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) cascodes each including a single-spin qubit or two coupled quantum dot qubits formed in an undoped semiconductor film adjacent at least one top gate. There is also a back gate formed in a silicon substrate adjacent a buried oxide layer or the at least one top gate, where the back gate controls the electron or hole entanglement and exchange interaction between the two coupled quantum dot qubits. The monolithic integrated circuits described may be used for monolithically integrated semiconductor quantum processors for quantum information processing.
Quantum dot devices
Quantum dot devices, and related systems and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a quantum dot device may include a quantum well stack; a plurality of first gates above the quantum well stack; and a plurality of second gates above the quantum well stack; wherein the plurality of first gates are arranged in electrically continuous rows extending in a first direction, and the plurality of second gates are arranged in electrically continuous rows extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
METHOD FOR PREPARING A QUANTUM TRANSISTOR AND A MODIFIED QUANTUM TRANSISTOR
The invention deals with a new method for preparing a quantum transistor and a modified quantum transistor, which is an electronic device in the field of microelectronics formed by (or containing) one-dimensional or two-dimensional structures that have quantum conductance and capacitance, correlated by quantum entanglement; wherein the obtained quantum transistor works in A.C. (alternating current) mode or through transient disturbances. Thus, it becomes possible to provide all the applications already available in classical transistors that operate in D.C. (direct current) mode, but with additional advantages that include greater sensitivities and better electronic and information transport performance over long distances in the device, intrinsic properties of quantum phenomena and new transistor architectures that were previously not possible to be realized in D.C. mode, as is the case with classical transistors.
Photon number resolving detector with thermal diode
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for fabricating and operating diodes. In one aspect, an electrical circuit includes: (1) a diode component having a particular energy band gap; (2) an electrical source electrically coupled to the diode component and configured to bias the diode component in a particular state; and (3) a heating component thermally coupled to a junction of the diode component and configured to selectively supply heat corresponding to the particular energy band gap.
MONOLITHIC QUBIT INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
Described is a monolithic integrated circuit for use in quantum computing based on single and multiple coupled quantum dot electron- and hole-spin qubits monolithically integrated with the mm-wave spin manipulation and readout circuitry in commercial complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology. The integrated circuit includes a plurality of n-channel or p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) cascodes each including a single-spin qubit or two coupled quantum dot qubits formed in an undoped semiconductor film adjacent at least one top gate. There is also a back gate formed in a silicon substrate adjacent a buried oxide layer or the at least one top gate, where the back gate controls the electron or hole entanglement and exchange interaction between the two coupled quantum dot qubits. The monolithic integrated circuits described may be used for monolithically integrated semiconductor quantum processors for quantum information processing.
Magnetic-field free, nonreciprocal, solid state quantum device using quantum wave collapse and interference
The quantum device comprises a transmission structure, wherein based on its geometrical arrangement, interference and quantum collapse, the transmission structure is designed such that quantum waves emitted by at least two bodies, for example, by thermal excitation, are passed preferentially to a subset of these bodies, without the need for a magnetic field to be applied.
Semiconductor element, method of reading out a quantum dot device and system
Semiconductor element, method of reading out a quantum dot device and system. The present document relates to a semiconductor element for providing a source reservoir for a charge sensor of a quantum dot device. The element comprises a semiconductor heterostructure (2, 3, 5) including a quantum well layer (5) contiguous to a semiconductor functional layer (3), one or more ohmic contacts (9) for providing charge carriers, and a first accumulation gate electrode (13) located opposite the quantum well layer and spaced apart therefrom at least by the semiconductor functional layer for enabling to form a two dimensional charge carrier gas (14) in a first area of the quantum well layer upon applying a first biasing voltage to the first accumulation gate electrode. The device further comprises a second accumulation gate electrode (17) opposite the quantum well layer and electrically isolated from the first accumulation gate electrode (13), the second accumulation gate electrode enabling to be biased with a second biasing voltage, for enabling to extend the two dimensional charge carrier gas in a second area (18) contiguous to the first area. This document further relates to a method of determining a spin state in a quantum dot device, as well as a system comprising a quantum dot device and a semiconductor element.
QUANTUM DOT ARRAY DEVICES WITH SHARED GATES
Disclosed herein are quantum dot devices, as well as related computing devices and methods. For example, in some embodiments, a quantum dot device may include: a quantum well stack structure of a quantum dot device, wherein the quantum well stack structure includes an insulating material to define multiple rows of quantum dot formation regions; and a gate that extends over multiple ones of the rows.
Quantum dot devices with multiple barrier gates between adjacent plunger gates
Quantum dot devices with multiple barrier gates between adjacent plunger gates are disclosed. Multiple barrier gates between two adjacent plunger gates are coupled to respective signal sources and may be individually controlled by signals being applied to one or more of the multiple barrier gates to control electrostatics so that the potential barrier between quantum dots formed under adjacent plunger gates may be adjusted. Appropriate signals are to be applied to two or more of the multiple barrier gates between a pair of adjacent plunger gates in order to realize sufficient coupling of quantum dots. Such quantum dot devices provide strong spatial localization of the quantum dots, good control over quantum dot interactions and manipulation, good scalability in the number of quantum dots included in the device, and/or design flexibility in making electrical connections to the quantum dot devices to integrate the quantum dot devices in larger computing devices.
Ferroelectric tunnel junction devices with internal biases for long retention
A ferroelectric tunnel junction (FTJ) memory device may include a first electrode and a ferroelectric layer comprising ferroelectric dipoles that may generate a first electric field. The first electric field may be oriented in a first direction when the device operates in an ON state. The device may also include a barrier layer that may generate a depolarizing second electric field that may be oriented in a second direction opposite of the first direction when the device operates in the ON state. The device may further include a second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode may generate a third electric field that is oriented in the first direction when the device operates in the ON state.