Statistical exchange-coupling errors and the practicality of scalable silicon donor qubits

Abstract

Recent experimental efforts have led to considerable interest in donor-based localized electron spins in Si as viable qubits for a scalable silicon quantum computer. With the use of isotopically purified ${}^{28}$Si and the realization of extremely long spin coherence time in single-donor electrons, the recent experimental focus is on two-coupled donors with the eventual goal of a scaled-up quantum circuit. Motivated by this development, we simulate the statistical distribution of the exchange coupling $J$ between a pair of donors under realistic donor placement straggles, and quantify the errors relative to the intended $J$ value. With $J$ values in a broad range of donor-pair separation ($5<|\mathbf{R}|<60$ nm), we work out various cases systematically, for a target donor separation ${\mathbf{R}}_0$ along the [001], [110] and [111] Si crystallographic directions, with $|{\mathbf{R}}_0|=10,20$ or 30 nm and standard deviation ${\sigma }_R=1,2,5$ or 10 nm. Our extensive theoretical results demonstrate the great challenge for a prescribed $J$ gate even with just a donor pair, a first step for any scalable Si-donor-based quantum computer.

5 pages, 5 figures, published version

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