A quantum computer comprises of at least one qubit formed from holes created with acceptor atoms (10) in crystalline silicon (12) and a pair of gates (14, 16) located above the acceptor atoms (10) to apply direct electric field and alternating electric field for switching, manipulating the qubit such that quantum information resulting from being manipulated is stored from decoherence.

Disclosed herein are lateral gate material arrangements for 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; and a gate above the quantum well stack, wherein the gate includes a gate electrode, the gate electrode includes a first material proximate to side faces of the gate and a second material proximate to a center of the gate, and the first material has a different material composition than the second material.

A processing element for an advanced processing apparatus. The processing element comprises a silicon-insulator interface and a confining arrangement for confining one or more quantum dots in the semiconductor. The processing element has also a control arrangement for controlling a quantum property of the one or more quantum dots and operate the one or more quantum dots as a qubit to perform quantum processing.

The present disclosure relates to nanoscale device comprising an elongated crystalline nanostructure, such as a nanowire crystal, a nanowhisker crystal or a nanorod crystal, and a method for producing thereof. One embodiment relates to a nanoscale device comprising an elongated crystalline semiconductor nanostructure, such as a nanowire (crystal) or nanowhisker (crystal) or nanorod (crystal), having a plurality of substantially plane side facets, a crystalline structured first facet layer of a superconductor material covering at least a part of one or more of said side facets, and a second facet layer of a superconductor material covering at least a part of the first facet layer, the superconductor material of the second facet layer being different from the superconductor material of the first facet layer, wherein the crystalline structure of the semiconductor nanostructure is epitaxially matched with the crystalline structure of the first facet layer on the interface between the two crystalline structures.

The present disclosure relates to semiconductor based Josephson junctions and their applications within the field of quantum computing, in particular a tuneable Josephson junction device has been used to construct a gateable transmon qubit. One embodiment relates to a Josephson junction comprising an elongated hybrid nanostructure comprising superconductor and semiconductor materials and a weak link, wherein the weak link is formed by a semiconductor segment of the elongated hybrid nanostructure wherein the superconductor material has been removed to provide a semiconductor weak link.

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, 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.

Disclosed herein are diamondoid materials in quantum computing devices, as well as related methods, devices, and materials. For example, in some embodiments, a quantum computing device may include: qubit circuitry, an interconnect in conductive contact with the qubit circuitry, and a dielectric material proximate to the interconnect, wherein the dielectric material includes a diamondoid film.

Applying Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill (GKP) error correction to Gaussian input states, such as vacuum, produces distillable magic states, achieving universality without additional non-Gaussian elements. Gaussian operations are sufficient for fault-tolerant, universal quantum computing given a supply of GKP-encoded Pauli eigenstates.

An integrated structure intended to connect a plurality of semiconductor devices, the integrated structure including a substrate, a first face and a second face, the first face being intended to receive the semiconductor devices, the integrated structure including, at the first face, at least one routing level, the routing level or levels including: at least one first conductor routing track in a conductor material; and at least one first superconductor routing track made from a superconductor material.