A programmable two-qubit quantum processor in silicon
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- 14 February 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature
- Vol. 555 (7698), 633-637
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25766
Abstract
Now that it is possible to achieve measurement and control fidelities for individual quantum bits (qubits) above the threshold for fault tolerance, attention is moving towards the difficult task of scaling up the number of physical qubits to the large numbers that are needed for fault-tolerant quantum computing1,2. In this context, quantum-dot-based spin qubits could have substantial advantages over other types of qubit owing to their potential for all-electrical operation and ability to be integrated at high density onto an industrial platform3,4,5. Initialization, readout and single- and two-qubit gates have been demonstrated in various quantum-dot-based qubit representations6,7,8,9. However, as seen with small-scale demonstrations of quantum computers using other types of qubit10,11,12,13, combining these elements leads to challenges related to qubit crosstalk, state leakage, calibration and control hardware. Here we overcome these challenges by using carefully designed control techniques to demonstrate a programmable two-qubit quantum processor in a silicon device that can perform the Deutsch–Josza algorithm and the Grover search algorithm—canonical examples of quantum algorithms that outperform their classical analogues. We characterize the entanglement in our processor by using quantum-state tomography of Bell states, measuring state fidelities of 85–89 per cent and concurrences of 73–82 per cent. These results pave the way for larger-scale quantum computers that use spins confined to quantum dots.Keywords
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