Phonon Decoherence of a Double Quantum Dot Charge Qubit

2004/12/31 by Serguei Vorojtsov, Eduardo R. Mucciolo, Harold U. Baranger
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.mes-hall

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.71.205322

published as Phys. Rev. B 71, 205322 (2005) (7 pages) · RevTex, 7 pages, 5 figures. v2: appendix added, more details provided. Accepted for publication in PRB

arxiv created 2005/05/03 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We study decoherence of a quantum dot charge qubit due to coupling to piezoelectric acoustic phonons in the Born-Markov approximation. After including appropriate form factors, we find that phonon decoherence rates are one to two orders of magnitude weaker than was previously predicted. We calculate the dependence of the Q-factor on lattice temperature, quantum dot size, and interdot coupling. Our results suggest that mechanisms other than phonon decoherence play a more significant role in current experimental setups.

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