Decoherence of donors in silicon at millikelvin temperatures

ORAL

Abstract

Donors in silicon are model spin systems [1] and potential candidates for implementing solid-state quantum bits. In that perspective, a detailed understanding of their coherence properties is needed. I will present measurements of Bismuth donors spin relaxation and coherence times at millikelvin temperatures obtained with a home-made spectrometer working at the quantum limit of sensitivity based on superconducting micro-resonators and Josephson parametric amplifiers [2], and I will discuss the various mechanisms at play.
[1] G. Feher, Phys. Rev. 114, 1219 (1959)
[2] A. Bienfait et al., Nature Nanotechnology 11, 253 (2016)

*Support of the European Research Council (grant 615767) and of the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (projects QIPSE and NASNIQ) is acknowledged.

Presenters

  • Patrice Bertet

    • Quantronics, SPEC, CEA-Saclay
    • Quantronics, SPEC, CEA-Saclay, France
    • Quantronics group, Université Paris-Saclay
    • CEA-Saclay

Authors

  • Patrice Bertet

    • Quantronics, SPEC, CEA-Saclay
    • Quantronics, SPEC, CEA-Saclay, France
    • Quantronics group, Université Paris-Saclay
    • CEA-Saclay
  • Vishal Ranjan

    • Quantronics, SPEC, CEA-Saclay
    • CEA-Saclay
  • Bartolo Albanese

    • Quantronics, SPEC, CEA-Saclay
    • Quantronics, SPEC, CEA-Saclay, France
    • CEA-Saclay
  • Sebastian Probst

    • Quantronics, SPEC, CEA-Saclay, France
    • CEA-Saclay
  • Gengli Zhang

    • Chinese University of Hong Kong
    • Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    • The Chinese University of HongKong
  • Emmanuel Flurin

    • Quantronics, SPEC, CEA-Saclay
    • Quantronics, CEA Saclay
    • Quantronics, SPEC, CEA-Saclay, France
    • CEA-Saclay
  • Denis Vion

    • Quantronics, SPEC, CEA-Saclay
    • Quantronics, SPEC, CEA-Saclay, France
    • CEA-Saclay
  • Daniel Esteve

    • Quantronics, SPEC, CEA-Saclay
    • Quantronics, SPEC, CEA-Saclay, France
    • CEA-Saclay
  • Ren-Bao Liu

    • Chinese University of Hong Kong
    • Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    • Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    • The Chinese University of HongKong
  • John Morton

    • University College London
    • London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, UK
    • London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London
    • UCL London