7–11 Dec 2026
The University of Sydney
Australia/Sydney timezone
AIP Congress 2026

A quantum computing unit cell using hole spins in natural silicon

Not scheduled
20m
Belinda Hutchinson Building (The University of Sydney )

Belinda Hutchinson Building

The University of Sydney

Abercrombie St & Codrington St NSW 2008
Contributed Oral AIP | Quantum Science and Technology (QST)

Description

Silicon spin qubits in gate-defined quantum dots build on the mature semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem, offering a scalable platform for quantum computing. Using spin-3/2 semiconductor holes instead of spin-1/2 electrons enables very fast spin control through the spin-orbit interaction while retaining the key advantages of quantum dot architectures [1-6]. However, the development of silicon hole devices has lagged behind their electron counterparts due to greater sensitivity to disorder and more complex spin physics.

Here, we demonstrate single-qubit gate fidelities of up to 99.8% and a two-qubit gate quality factor of 240, corresponding to a projected physical gate fidelity of 99.7%. These results represent the highest-performance spin qubits reported in natural silicon. Importantly, this performance is achieved in devices built using a 300mm silicon foundry process [7-8], positioning silicon hole spin qubits as a promising route toward scalable quantum CMOS architectures.

References

[1] Liles, S., Halverson, D., et al. Nat Commun 15, 7690 (2024).
[2] Maurand, R., Jehl, X., Kotekar-Patil, D. et al. Nat Commun 7, 13575 (2016).
[3] Piot, N., Brun, B., Schmitt, V. et al. Nat. Nano. 17, 1072–1077 (2022).
[4] Froning, F.N.M., Camenzind, L.C., van der Molen, O.A.H. et al. Nat. Nano. 16, 308–312 (2021).
[5] Camenzind, L.C., Geyer, S., Fuhrer, A. et al. Nat Electron 5, 178–183 (2022).
[6] Hendrickx, N., Franke, D., Sammak, A. et al. Nature 577, 487–491 (2020).
[7] R. Li et al., 2020 IEEE IEDM, San Francisco, CA, USA, pp. 38.3.1-38.3.4 (2020).
[8] N. I. D. Stuyck et al., 2021 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Kyoto, Japan, 2021, pp. 1-2

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Author

Isaac Vorreiter (University of New South Wales)

Co-authors

Dr Jonathan Huang (University of New South Wales) Scott Liles (University of New South Wales) Dr Joe Hillier (University of New South Wales) Dr Ruoyu Li (IMEC) Dr Bart Raes (IMEC) Dr Stefan Kubicek (IMEC) Dr Julien Jussot (IMEC) Dr Sofie Beyne (IMEC) Dr Clement Godfrin (IMEC) Dr Sugandha Sharma (IMEC) Dr Danny Wan (IMEC) Dr Nard Dumoulin Stuyck (Diraq) Dr Will Gilbert (Diraq) Henry Yang (UNSW Sydney) Prof. Andrew Dzurak (Diraq) Kristiaan De Greve (IMEC) Prof. Alex Hamilton (University of New South Wales)

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