2013/11/30 by Xiaojie Hao, Rusko Ruskov, Ming Xiao +2 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.mes-hall
paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/ncomms4860
published as Nature Communications 5, 3860 (2014) · Supplementary material available at Nature Communications: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/140514/ncomms4860/extref/ncomms4860-s1.pdf
arxiv created 2014/08/04 · arxiv updated 2014/08/05
Silicon quantum dots are a leading approach for solid-state quantum bits. However, developing this technology is complicated by the multi-valley nature of silicon. Here we observe transport of individual electrons in a silicon CMOS-based double quantum dot under electron spin resonance. An anticrossing of the driven dot energy levels is observed when the Zeeman and valley splittings coincide. A detected anticrossing splitting of 60 MHz is interpreted as a direct measure of spin and valley mixing, facilitated by spin-orbit interaction in the presence of non-ideal interfaces. A lower bound of spin dephasing time of 63 ns is extracted. We also describe a possible experimental evidence of an unconventional spin-valley blockade, despite the assumption of non-ideal interfaces. This understanding of silicon spin-valley physics should enable better control and read-out techniques for the spin qubits in an all CMOS silicon approach.