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Elena Ferraro

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Numerical Optimization of Two-Qubit Gates in Silicon Flip-Flop Qubit Arrays under Electrical Control

Silicon-based donor flip-flop qubits offer a promising path toward scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computing by combining the long coherence times of nuclear spins with fast, fully electrical control and long-range dipole-dipole coupling between qubits. However, realizing high-fidelity entangling operations in this platform remains challenging. The entangling interaction is intrinsically coupled to electron orbital dynamics, which can lead to leakage into non-computational states and unwanted phase accumulation. Furthermore, in multi-qubit architectures, residual dipolar couplings from spectator qubits distort the effective interaction landscape. In this work, we employ a numerical simulation framework, FlipFlopQSim, that models the spin-orbital dynamics of interacting flip-flop qubits to extract effective logical operations from realistic electrical control pulses. Using Makhlin invariants, we map the entangling landscape generated by electrically controlled dipole-dipole interactions and identify operating regions locally equivalent to canonical two-qubit gates, such as $\sqrt{iSWAP}$ and $iSWAP$. We then optimize the control parameters of physically realizable, electrically driven $R_z$ rotations to implement the necessary local corrections and maximize composite gate fidelity. Finally, we scale our analysis to multi-qubit registers with various geometries and connectivity patterns to evaluate spectator-induced distortions. Our results demonstrate that high-fidelity entangling operations cannot be optimized in isolation; rather, they require a co-design approach that simultaneously optimizes pulse control, local phase compensation, and physical device geometry. This work provides a robust numerical framework for assessing the scalability of electrically controlled silicon quantum processors and outlines key design principles for robust multi-qubit gate implementation.

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Impact of Parallel Gating on Gate Fidelities in Linear, Square, and Star Arrays of Noisy Flip-Flop Qubits

Successfully implementing a quantum algorithm involves maintaining a low logical error rate by ensuring the validity of the quantum fault-tolerance theorem. The required number of physical qubits arranged in an array depends on the chosen Quantum Error Correction code and the achievable physical qubit error rate. As the qubit count in the array increases, parallel gating - simultaneously manipulating many qubits - becomes a crucial ingredient for successful computation. In this study, small arrays of a type of donor- and quantum dot-based qubits, known as flip-flop qubits, are investigated. Simulation results of gate fidelities in linear, square and star arrays of four flip-flop qubits affected by realistic 1/f noise are presented to study the effect of parallel gating. The impact of two, three and four parallel one-qubit gates, as well as two parallel two-qubit gates, on fidelity is calculated by comparing different array geometries. Our findings can contribute to the optimized manipulation of small flip-flop qubit arrays and the design of larger ones.

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Parallel Gate Operations Fidelity in a Linear Array of Flip-Flop Qubits

Quantum computers based on silicon are promising candidates for long term universal quantum computation due to the long coherence times of electron and nuclear spin states. Furthermore, the continuous progress of micro- and nano- electronics, also related to the scaling of Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) systems, makes possible to control the displacement of single dopants thus suggesting their exploitation as qubit holders. Flip-flop qubit is a donor based qubit (DQ) where interactions between qubits are achievable for distance up to several hundred nanometers. In this work, a linear array of flip-flop qubits is considered and the unwanted mutual qubit interactions due to the simultaneous application of two one-qubit and two two-qubit gates are included in the quantum gate simulations. In particular, by studying the parallel execution of couples of one-qubit gates, namely Rz(-pi/2) and Rx(-pi/2), and of couples of two-qubit gate, i.e. \sqrt{iSWAP}, a safe inter-qubit distance is found where unwanted qubit interactions are negligible thus leading to parallel gates fidelity up to 99.9%.

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Universal set of quantum gates for the flip-flop qubit in the presence of 1/f noise

Impurities hosted in semiconducting solid matrices represent an extensively studied platform for quantum computing applications. In this scenario, the so-called flip-flop qubit emerges as a convenient choice for scalable implementations in silicon. Flip-flop qubits are realized implanting phosphorous donor in isotopically purified silicon, and encoding the logical states in the donor nuclear spin and in its bound electron. Electrically modulating the hyperfine interaction by applying a vertical electric field causes an Electron Dipole Spin Resonance (EDSR) transition between the states with antiparallel spins $\{|\downarrow\Uparrow\rangle,|\uparrow\Downarrow\rangle\}$, that are chosen as the logical states. When two qubits are considered, the dipole-dipole interaction is exploited allowing long-range coupling between them. A universal set of quantum gates for flip-flop qubits is here proposed and the effect of a realistic 1/f noise on the gate fidelity is investigated for the single qubit $R_z(-\frac{\pi}{2})$ and Hadamard gate and for the two-qubit $\sqrt{iSWAP}$ gate.

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On the robustness of the hybrid qubit computational gates through simulated randomized benchmarking protocols

One of the main challenges in building a quantum processor is to characterize the environmental noise. Noise characterization can be achieved by exploiting different techniques, such as randomization where several sequences of random quantum gates are applied to the qubit under test to derive statistical characteristics about the affecting noises. A scalable and robust algorithm able to benchmark the full set of Clifford gates using randomization techniques is called randomized benchmarking. In this study, we simulated randomized benchmarking protocols in a semiconducting all-electrical three-electron double-quantum dot qubit, i.e. hybrid qubit, under different error models, that include quasi-static Gaussian and the more realistic 1/f noise model, for the input controls. The average error of specific quantum computational gates is extracted through interleaved randomized benchmarking obtained including Clifford gates between the gate of interest. It provides an estimate of the fidelity as well as theoretical bounds for the average error of the gate under test.

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Is all-electrical silicon quantum computing feasible in the long term?

The development of the first generation of commercial quantum computers is based on superconductive qubits and trapped ions respectively. Other technologies such as semiconductor quantum dots, neutral ions and photons could in principle provide an alternative to achieve comparable results in the medium term. It is relevant to evaluate if one or more of them is potentially more effective to address scalability to millions of qubits in the long term, in view of creating a universal quantum computer. We review an all-electrical silicon spin qubit, that is the double quantum dot hybrid qubit, a quantum technology which relies on both solid theoretical grounding on one side, and massive fabrication technology of nanometric scale devices by the existing silicon supply chain on the other.

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Thermodynamics of the heat currents in the longitudinal spin Seebeck and spin Peltier effects

We employ the non-equilibrium thermodynamics of currents and forces to describe the heat transport caused by a spin current in a Pt/YIG bilayer. By starting from the constitutive equations of the magnetization currents in both Pt and YIG, we derive the magnetization potentials and currents. We apply the theory to the spin Peltier experiments in which a spin current, generated by the spin Hall effect in Pt, is injected into YIG. We find that efficient injection is obtained when: i) the thickness of each layer is larger than its diffusion length: $t_{Pt} > l_{Pt}$ and $t_{YIG} > l_{YIG}$ and ii) the ratio $(l_{Pt}/τ_{Pt})/(l_{YIG}/τ_{YIG})$ is small, where $τ_i$ is the time constant of the intrinsic damping ($i=Pt, YIG$). We finally derive the temperature profile in adiabatic conditions. The scale of the effect is given by the parameter $ΔT_{SH}$ which is proportional to the electric current in Pt. Using known parameters for Pt and YIG we estimate $ΔT_{SH}/j_e = 4 \cdot 10^{-13}$ K A$^{-1}$m$^2$. This value is of the same order of magnitude of the spin Peltier experiments.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Thermodynamic transport theory of spin waves in ferromagnetic insulators

We use the Boltzmann transport theory in the relaxation time approximation to describe the thermal transport of spin waves in a ferromagnet. By treating spin waves as magnon excitations we are able to compute analytically and numerically the coefficients of the constitutive thermo-magnetic transport equations. As a main result, we find that the absolute thermo-magnetic power coefficient $\epsilon_M$, relating the gradient of the potential of the magnetization current and the gradient of the temperature, in the limit of low temperature and low field, is a constant $\epsilon_M = -0.6419 \, k_B/\mu_B$. The theory correctly describes the low-temperature and magnetic-field dependencies of spin Seebeck experiments. Furthermore, the theory predicts that in the limit of very low temperatures the spin Peltier coefficient $\Pi_M$, relating the heat and the magnetization currents, tends to a finite value which depends on the amplitude of the magnetic field. This indicates the possibility to exploit the spin Peltier effect as an efficient cooling mechanism in cryogenics.

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Non-equilibrium thermodynamics of the spin Seebeck and spin Peltier effects

We study the problem of magnetization and heat currents and their associated thermodynamic forces in a magnetic system by focusing on the magnetization transport in ferromagnetic insulators like YIG. The resulting theory is applied to the longitudinal spin Seebeck and the spin Peltier effects. By focusing on the specific geometry with one YIG layer and one Pt layer, we obtain the optimal conditions for generating large magnetization currents into Pt or large temperature effects in YIG. The theoretical predictions are compared with experiments from the literature permitting to derive the values of the thermomagnetic coefficients of YIG: the magnetization diffusion length $l_M \sim 0.4 \, \mu$m and the absolute thermomagnetic power coefficient $\epsilon_M \sim 10^{-2}$ TK$^{-1}$.

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Non-equilibrium thermodynamics of the longitudinal spin Seebeck effect

In this paper we employ non equilibrium thermodynamics of fluxes and forces to describe magnetization and heat transport. By the theory we are able to identify the thermodynamic driving force of the magnetization current as the gradient of the effective field $\nabla H^*$. This definition permits to define the spin Seebeck coefficient $\epsilon_M$ which relates $\nabla H^*$ and the temperature gradient $\nabla T$. By applying the theory to the geometry of the longitudinal spin Seebeck effect we are able to obtain the optimal conditions for generating large magnetization currents. Furthermore, by using the results of recent experiments, we obtain an order of magnitude for the value of $\epsilon_{M} \sim 10^{-2}$ TK$^{-1}$ for yttrium iron garnet (Y$_3$Fe$_5$O$_{12}$).

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Maximum density of quantum information in a scalable CMOS implementation of the hybrid qubit architecture

Scalability from single qubit operations to multi-qubit circuits for quantum information processing requires architecture-specific implementations. Semiconductor hybrid qubit architecture is a suitable candidate to realize large scale quantum information processing, as it combines a universal set of logic gates with fast and all-electrical manipulation of qubits. We propose an implementation of hybrid qubits, based on Si Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) quantum dots, compatible with the CMOS industrial technologic standards. We discuss the realization of multi-qubit circuits capable of fault-tolerant computation and quantum error correction, by evaluating the time and space resources needed for their implementation. As a result, the maximum density of quantum information is extracted from a circuit including 8 logical qubits encoded by the [[7,1,3]] Steane code. The corresponding surface density of logical qubits is 2.6 Mqubit/cm$^2$.

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Universal Set of Quantum Gates for Double-Dot Exchange-Only Spin Qubits with Intradot Coupling

We present a universal set of quantum gate operations based on exchange-only spin qubits in a double quantum dot, where each qubit is obtained by three electrons in the (2,1) filling. Gate operations are addressed by modulating electrostatically the tunneling barrier and the energy offset between the two dots, singly and doubly occupied respectively. We propose explicit gate sequences of single qubit operations for Hadamard gate and $\pi$/8 gate, and the two-qubit controlled NOT (CNOT) gate, to complete the universal set. The unswitchable interaction between the two electrons of the doubly occupied quantum dot is taken into account. Short gate times are obtained by employing spin density functional theory simulations.

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New exactly solvable relativistic models with anomalous interaction

A special class of Dirac-Pauli equations with time-like vector potentials of external field is investigated. A new exactly solvable relativistic model describing anomalous interaction of a neutral Dirac fermion with a cylindrically symmetric external e.m. field is presented. The related external field is a superposition of the electric field generated by a charged infinite filament and the magnetic field generated by a straight line current. In non-relativistic approximation the considered model is reduced to the integrable Pron'ko-Stroganov model.

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