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Computational-Guided Spin Defect Systems

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Lead Inventor: David Awschalom

SUMMARY

This method enables predictive growth of qubit host materials without the limitations of iterative measurements.

The Unmet Need: Proper characterization of qubit host substrate and in-situ defect growth

Quantum sensors based on electron spin qubits hold promise for a variety of applications ranging from the life sciences to fundamental materials physics.

A major challenge limiting the deterministic and scalable production of single qubits is proper characterization of substrate and in-situ defect growth.

The densities, dimensionalities, and localization required for highly coherent qubits are difficult to harmonize with the current limits of characterization techniques, necessitating a new technique that relies on the quantum dynamics of the system.

The Proposed Solution: Predictive growth of qubit host materials enabled by quantum mechanical calculations

The inventors have developed a method utilizing cluster correlation expansion (CCE) calculations of spin bath-induced decoherence to generate a library of coherence time distributions over a parameter space range.

A maximum likelihood estimation is then performed on a set of experimental data with this library, enabling one to extract the density and dimensionality of qubits incorporated in a host lattice given certain geometrical constraints.

This method simulates the dynamics of the entire interacting spin bath, producing a quantum mechanical characterization technique for quantum applications that can be incorporated into a feedforward synthesis loop.

FIGURE

13C atomic percentage, inferred from 13C and 12C SIMS measurements of the 13C/12C/13C isotopically layered structure. A schematic of the sample structure is superposed on the SIMS data, showing the 15N doped layer (thickness 2 nm) as a red line at the center of the 15nm-thick 12C layer.

ADVANTAGES

Advantages

  • Compatible with elementary quantum microscope techniques
  • Nondestructive to samples
  • Compatible with any host material

Applications

  • Nitrogen-Based Qubits
  • Quantum Sensors
  • Quantum Networks

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