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Robust adiabatic approach to optical spin entangling in coupled quantum dots

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Excitonic transitions offer a possible route to ultrafast optical spin manipulation in coupled nanostructures. We perform here a detailed study of the three principal exciton-mediated decoherence channels for optically controlled electron spin qubits in coupled quantum dots: radiative decay of the excitonic state, exciton-phonon interactions, and Landau-Zener transitions between laser-dressed states. We consider a scheme for producing an entangling controlled-phase gate on a pair of coupled spins which, in its simplest dynamic form, renders the system subject to fast decoherence rates associated with exciton creation during the gating operation. In contrast, we show that an adiabatic approach employing off-resonant laser excitation allows us to suppress all sources of decoherence simultaneously, significantly increasing the fidelity of operations at only a relatively small gating time cost. We find that controlled-phase gates accurate to one part in 10² can realistically be achieved with the adiabatic approach, whereas the conventional dynamic approach does not appear to support a fidelity suitable for scalable quantum computation. Our predictions could be demonstrated experimentally in the near future.
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10.1088/1367-2630/10/7/073016

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University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Materials
Research group:
Quantum & Nano Technology Group
Oxford college:
Wolfson College
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"University College London", "Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia"
Department:
Centre for Quantum Dynamics and Centre for Quantum Computer Technology
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Institution:
"University of Oxford", "National University of Singapore"
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Quantum & Nano Technology Group
Oxford college:
Exeter College
Department:
Centre for Quantum Technologies
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Institution:
"University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia"
Department:
Department of Physics
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Materials
Research group:
Quantum & Nano Technology Group
Oxford college:
St Anne's College
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Publisher:
Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd
Journal:
New Journal of Physics More from this journal
Volume:
10
Issue:
7
Article number:
073016
Publication date:
2008-07-01
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1367-2630


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2009-01-09

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