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most citedCalibration of the cross-resonance two-qubit gate between directly-coupled transmons

80 citations · 508 across the 22 of their papers we have counts for

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23 papers

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Coherent and ultra-low-power EDSR with a flopping-mode spin qubit in germanium

Alexei Orekhov, Wonjin Jang, Pan Zhang +13

Hole spin qubits in semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) enable high-fidelity all-electric control, but conventional electric dipole spin resonance (EDSR) can require substantial rf dr…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Engineering two-qubit gates via anisotropic exchange in germanium spin qubits

Leonardo Massai, Bence Hetényi, Eoin G. Kelly +14

Germanium hole spin qubits are a promising and versatile platform for quantum computation and simulation. In this system, strong spin-orbit interaction (SOI) renders the single-qub…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Disentangling orbital and confinement contributions to -factor in Ge/SiGe hole quantum dots

L. Sommer, I. Seidler, F. J. Schupp +12

Spin qubits are typically operated in the lowest orbital of a quantum dot to minimize interference from nearby states. In valence-band hole systems, strong spin-orbit coupling link…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Spatial uniformity of g-tensor and spin-orbit interaction in germanium hole spin qubits

Inga Seidler, Bence Hetényi, Lisa Sommer +12

Holes in Ge/SiGe heterostructures are now a leading platform for semiconductor spin qubits, thanks to the high confinement quality, two-dimensional arrays, high tunability, and lar…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Resonant two-qubit gates for fermionic simulations with spin qubits

Konstantinos Tsoukalas, Alexei Orekhov, Bence Hetényi +15

In gate-defined semiconductor spin qubits, the highly tunable Heisenberg exchange interaction is leveraged to implement fermionic two-qubit gates such as CZ and SWAP. However, the…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Identifying and mitigating errors in hole spin qubit readout

Eoin Gerard Kelly, Leonardo Massai, Bence Hetényi +14

High-fidelity readout of spin qubits in semiconductor quantum dots can be achieved by combining a radio-frequency (RF) charge sensor together with spin-to-charge conversion and Pau…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 3 cited

A dressed singlet-triplet qubit in germanium

Konstantinos Tsoukalas, Uwe von Lüpke, Alexei Orekhov +15

In semiconductor hole spin qubits, low magnetic field () operation extends the coherence time () but proportionally reduces the gate speed. In contrast, singlet-…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 15 cited

Direct microwave spectroscopy of Andreev bound states in planar Ge Josephson junctions

M. Hinderling, S. C. ten Kate, M. Coraiola +7

We demonstrate microwave measurements of the Andreev bound state (ABS) spectrum in planar Josephson junctions (JJs) defined in Ge high mobility two-dimensional hole gases contacted…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 28 cited

Impact of interface traps on charge noise, mobility and percolation density in Ge/SiGe heterostructures

L. Massai, B. Hetényi, M. Mergenthaler +8

Hole spins in Ge/SiGe heterostructure quantum dots have emerged as promising qubits for quantum computation. The strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC), characteristic of heavy-hole stat…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023

Capacitive crosstalk in gate-based dispersive sensing of spin qubits

Eoin G. Kelly, Alexei Orekhov, Nico Hendrickx +8

In gate-based dispersive sensing, the response of a resonator attached to a quantum dot gate is detected by a reflected radio-frequency signal. This enables fast readout of spin qu…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 65 cited

Sweet-spot operation of a germanium hole spin qubit with highly anisotropic noise sensitivity

N. W. Hendrickx, L. Massai, M. Mergenthaler +5

Spin qubits defined by valence band hole states comprise an attractive candidate for quantum information processing due to their inherent coupling to electric fields enabling fast…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 6 cited

A compact and versatile cryogenic probe station for quantum device testing

Mathieu de Kruijf, Simon Geyer, Toni Berger +4

Fast feedback from cryogenic electrical characterization measurements is key for the development of scalable quantum computing technology. At room temperature, high-throughput devi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 2 cited

Radio-frequency characterization of a supercurrent transistor made from a carbon nanotube

M. Mergenthaler, F. J. Schupp, A. Nersisyan +6

A supercurrent transistor is a superconductor-semiconductor hybrid device in which the Josephson supercurrent is switched on and off using a gate voltage. While such devices have b…

quant-ph2021★ 17 cited

Effects of surface treatments on flux tunable transmon qubits

M. Mergenthaler, C. Müller, M. Ganzhorn +9

One of the main limitations in state-of-the art solid-state quantum processors are qubit decoherence and relaxation due to noise in their local environment. For the field to advanc…

quant-ph2020★ 14 cited

Ultrahigh Vacuum Packaging and Surface Cleaning for Quantum Devices

M. Mergenthaler, S. Paredes, P. Müller +7

We describe design, implementation and performance of an ultra-high vacuum (UHV) package for superconducting qubit chips or other surface sensitive quantum devices. The UHV loading…

quant-ph2020★ 78 cited

Benchmarking the noise sensitivity of different parametric two-qubit gates in a single superconducting quantum computing platform

M. Ganzhorn, G. Salis, D. J. Egger +8

The possibility to utilize different types of two-qubit gates on a single quantum computing platform adds flexibility in the decomposition of quantum algorithms. A larger hardware-…

quant-ph2019★ 80 cited

Calibration of the cross-resonance two-qubit gate between directly-coupled transmons

A. D. Patterson, J. Rahamim, T. Tsunoda +8

Quantum computation requires the precise control of the evolution of a quantum system, typically through application of discrete quantum logic gates on a set of qubits. Here, we us…

quant-ph2019★ 31 cited

Realization of a Carbon-Nanotube-Based Superconducting Qubit

Matthias Mergenthaler, Ani Nersisyan, Andrew Patterson +6

Hybrid circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED) involves the study of coherent quantum physics in solid state systems via their interactions with superconducting microwave circuits. H…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 14 cited

Radio-frequency optomechanical characterization of a silicon nitride drum

A. N. Pearson, K. E. Khosla, M. Mergenthaler +3

On-chip actuation and readout of mechanical motion is key to characterize mechanical resonators and exploit them for new applications. We capacitively couple a silicon nitride memb…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 58 cited

Strong coupling of microwave photons to antiferromagnetic fluctuations in an organic magnet

M. Mergenthaler, J. Liu, J. J. Le Roy +10

Coupling between a crystal of di(phenyl)-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)iminoazanium radicals and a superconducting microwave resonator is investigated in a circuit quantum electrodynamics…

quant-ph2016★ 30 cited

Observing Coherence Effects in an Overdamped Quantum System

Y. -H. Lien, G. Barontini, M. Scheucher +3

It is usually considered that the spectrum of an optical cavity coupled to an atomic medium does not exhibit a normal-mode splitting unless the system satisfies the strong coupling…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 22 cited

Hyperfine and spin-orbit coupling effects on decay of spin-valley states in a carbon nanotube

T. Pei, A. Pályi, M. Mergenthaler +5

The decay of spin-valley states is studied in a suspended carbon nanotube double quantum dot via leakage current in Pauli blockade and via dephasing and decoherence of a qubit. Fro…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 45 cited

Resonant optomechanics with a vibrating carbon nanotube and a radio-frequency cavity

Natalia Ares, Tian Pei, Aquila Mavalankar +4

In an optomechanical setup, the coupling between cavity and resonator can be increased by tuning them to the same frequency. We study this interaction between a carbon nanotube res…