2007/03/31 by Wenxian Zhang, V. V. Dobrovitski, Lea F. Santos +3
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) #Coupling (piping) #Decoupling (probability) #Dynamical decoupling #Electron #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Quantum decoherence #Quantum dot #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata #Spin (aerodynamics) #cond-mat.mes-hall #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/09500340701534857
published as J. Mod. Opt. 54, 2629 (2007) · 8 pages, 3 figures. Invited talk at the XXXVII Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics, Snowbird, Jan 2007. Submitted to J. Mod. Opt
openalex publication_date 2007/11/10 · arxiv created 2008/01/03 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · arxiv updated 2017/08/23 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The dominant source of decoherence for an electron spin in a quantum dot is the hyperfine interaction with the surrounding bath of nuclear spins. The decoherence process may be slowed down by subjecting the electron spin to suitable sequences of external control pulses. We investigate the performance of a variety of dynamical decoupling protocols using exact numerical simulation. Emphasis is given to realistic pulse delays and the long-time limit, beyond the domain where available analytical approaches are guaranteed to work. Our results show that both deterministic and randomized protocols are capable to significantly prolong the electron coherence time, even when using control pulse separations substantially larger than what expected from the upper cutoff frequency of the coupling spectrum between the electron and the nuclear spins. In a realistic parameter range, the total width of such a coupling spectrum appears to be the physically relevant frequency scale affecting the overall quality of the decoupling.