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Sandrine Lopes

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Nanoscale stray fields from micromagnets for optimal spin qubit architecture

On-chip micromagnets generate local magnetic-field asymmetries, enabling electrical control of spin qubits via electric dipole spin resonance and their integration into circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED) architectures. Accurate prediction of spin-qubit performance requires modeling micromagnet stray fields beyond the saturated-magnet approximation, accounting for nonuniform magnetization. Here, we combine thin-film characterization of Co, Co/Ta multilayers, and CoFe films with nanoscale stray-field measurements using NV-center magnetometry in the unsaturated regime to establish a reliable micromagnetic simulation framework. We show that CoFe micromagnets generate antisymmetric fields in double quantum-dot geometries exceeding +/- 100mT, owing to their high saturation magnetization and favorable magnetocrystalline anisotropy. For spin qubits coupled to microwave resonators, the predicted spin-photon coupling reaches $\left| g_s/g_c \right| \approx 0.5$, where $g_c$ denotes the charge-photon coupling strength of the underlying charge qubit, highlighting the potential for high-fidelity operations in circuit QED architectures.

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Optimal design of nanomagnets for on-chip field gradients

The generation of localized magnetic field gradients by on-chip nanomagnets is important for a variety of technological applications, in particular for spin qubits. To advance beyond the empirical design of these nanomagnets, we propose a systematic and general approach based on the micromagnetic formulation of an optimal field gradient source. We study the different field configurations that can be realized and find out quantitatively the most suitable ferromagnetic layer geometries. Using micromagnetic simulations, we then investigate the minimum requirements for reaching magnetic saturation in these nanomagnets. In terms of either longitudinal or transverse field gradient, the results provide an optimal solution for uniform, saturated nanomagnets, where the magnetic material can be selected according to the strength of the external fields that can be used.

cond-mat.mes-hall