Chessboard-like method enables the operation of largest gate-defined quantum dot system

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Researchers from Delft established a way to address many quantum dots with only a few control lines using a chessboard-like method. This enabled the operation of the largest gate-defined quantum dot system ever. Their result is an important step in the development of scalable quantum systems for practical quantum technology. They publish their results in Nature Nanotechnology.

requires its own addressing line and dedicated control electronics. This is highly unpractical and in stark contrast with today's computer technology, where billions of transistors are operated with a couple of thousand lines.Researchers at QuTech—a collaboration between the TU Delft and TNO—have developed a similar method for addressing.

Any point on a chessboard can be defined and addressed by using a specific combination of a letter and a number. Their approach takes the state-of-the-art to the next level and enables the operation of a 16 quantum dot system in a 4×4 array. First author Francesco Borsoi explains,"This new way of addressing quantum dots is advantageous for scaling up to many qubits. If a single qubit is controlled and read out using a single wire, millions of qubits will require millions of control lines. This approach does not scale very well."

"However, if qubits can be controlled using our chessboard-like system, millions of qubits could be addressed using 'only' thousands of lines, corresponding to a ratio very similar to those in computer chips. This reduction in lines gives prospects to scale the number of qubits and represents a breakthrough for quantum computers, that eventually will require millions of qubits.

, as the interaction of quantum dots is based on the principles of quantum mechanics. It turns out that quantum dot systems may be highly effective for quantum simulation.

 

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