Electric-field tuning of the valley splitting in silicon corner dots

Abstract

We perform an excited state spectroscopy analysis of a silicon corner dot in a nanowire field-effect transistor to assess the electric field tunability of the valley splitting. First, we demonstrate a back-gate-controlled transition between a single quantum dot and a double quantum dot in parallel that allows tuning the device in to corner dot formation. We find a linear dependence of the valley splitting on back-gate voltage, from $880\mu \text{eV}$ to $610\mu \text{eV}$ with a slope of $-45\pm 3\mu \text{eV/V}$ (or equivalently a slope of $-48\pm 3\mu \text{eV/(MV/m)}$ with respect to the effective field). The experimental results are backed up by tight-binding simulations that include the effect of surface roughness, remote charges in the gate stack and discrete dopants in the channel. Our results demonstrate a way to electrically tune the valley splitting in silicon-on-insulator-based quantum dots, a requirement to achieve all-electrical manipulation of silicon spin qubits.

arXiv comment5 pages, 3 figures. In this version: Discussion of model expanded; Fig. 3 updated; Refs. added (15, 22, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37)

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