Semiconductor spin qubits

G Burkard, TD Ladd, A Pan, JM Nichol, JR Petta - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2023 - APS
The spin degree of freedom of an electron or a nucleus is one of the most basic properties of
nature and functions as an excellent qubit, as it provides a natural two-level system that is …

Spintronics: Fundamentals and applications

I Žutić, J Fabian, SD Sarma - Reviews of modern physics, 2004 - APS
Spintronics, or spin electronics, involves the study of active control and manipulation of spin
degrees of freedom in solid-state systems. This article reviews the current status of this …

A hole spin qubit in a fin field-effect transistor above 4 kelvin

LC Camenzind, S Geyer, A Fuhrer, RJ Warburton… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The greatest challenge in quantum computing is achieving scalability. Classical computing,
which previously faced such issues, currently relies on silicon chips hosting billions of fin …

Half-Metallicity in MnPSe3 Exfoliated Nanosheet with Carrier Doping

X Li, X Wu, J Yang - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014 - ACS Publications
Searching two-dimensional (2D) half-metallic crystals that are feasible in experiment is
essential to develop next-generation nanospintronic devices. Here, a 2D exfoliated MnPSe3 …

Ultrafast hole spin qubit with gate-tunable spin–orbit switch functionality

FNM Froning, LC Camenzind… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Quantum computers promise to execute complex tasks exponentially faster than any
possible classical computer, and thus spur breakthroughs in quantum chemistry, material …

Spins in few-electron quantum dots

R Hanson, LP Kouwenhoven, JR Petta, S Tarucha… - Reviews of modern …, 2007 - APS
The canonical example of a quantum-mechanical two-level system is spin. The simplest
picture of spin is a magnetic moment pointing up or down. The full quantum properties of …

Challenges for semiconductor spintronics

DD Awschalom, ME Flatté - Nature physics, 2007 - nature.com
High-volume information-processing and communications devices are at present based on
semiconductor devices, whereas information-storage devices rely on multilayers of magnetic …

Spin–orbit qubit in a semiconductor nanowire

S Nadj-Perge, SM Frolov, E Bakkers, LP Kouwenhoven - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Motion of electrons can influence their spins through a fundamental effect called spin–orbit
interaction. This interaction provides a way to control spins electrically and thus lies at the …

Coherent control of a single electron spin with electric fields

KC Nowack, FHL Koppens, YV Nazarov… - Science, 2007 - science.org
Manipulation of single spins is essential for spin-based quantum information processing.
Electrical control instead of magnetic control is particularly appealing for this purpose …

Magnetoelectric effects and valley-controlled spin quantum gates in transition metal dichalcogenide bilayers

Z Gong, GB Liu, H Yu, D Xiao, X Cui, X Xu… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
In monolayer group-VI transition metal dichalcogenides, charge carriers have spin and
valley degrees of freedom, both associated with magnetic moments. On the other hand, the …