Superconducting Gatemon Qubit based on a Proximitized Two-Dimensional Electron Gas

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Abstract

The coherent tunnelling of Cooper pairs across Josephson junctions (JJs) generates a nonlinear inductance that is used extensively in quantum information processors based on superconducting circuits, from setting qubit transition frequencies and interqubit coupling strengths, to the gain of parametric amplifiers for quantum-limited readout. The inductance is either set by tailoring the metal-oxide dimensions of single JJs, or magnetically tuned by parallelizing multiple JJs in superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) with local current-biased flux lines. JJs based on superconductor-semiconductor hybrids represent a tantalizing all-electric alternative. The gatemon is a recently developed transmon variant which employs locally gated nanowire superconductor-semiconductor JJs for qubit control [1,2]. Here, we go beyond proof-of-concept and demonstrate that semiconducting channels etched from a wafer-scale two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) are a suitable platform for building a scalable gatemon-based quantum computer [3]. We show 2DEG gatemons meet the requirements by performing voltage-controlled single qubit rotations and two-qubit swap operations. We measure qubit coherence times up to ~2 μs, limited by dielectric loss in the 2DEG host substrate.

[1] T. W. Larsen et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 115 127001 (2015)
[2] G. de Lange et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 115 127002 (2015)
[3] L. Casparis et al. Nature Nanotechnology 13 915 (2018)

*This work was supported by Microsoft Project Q, the U.S. Army Research Office, the Innovation Fund Denmark, the Danish National Research Foundation, and the Villum Foundation.

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Presenters

  • Lucas Casparis

    • Microsoft
    • Niels Bohr Institute, Univ of Copenhagen
    • Niels Bohr Institute
    • Center for Quantum Devices and Microsoft Quantum Lab–Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Microsoft Quantum Research, Copenhagen

Authors

  • Lucas Casparis

    • Microsoft
    • Niels Bohr Institute, Univ of Copenhagen
    • Niels Bohr Institute
    • Center for Quantum Devices and Microsoft Quantum Lab–Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Microsoft Quantum Research, Copenhagen

  • Malcolm R Connolly

    • Niels Bohr Institute
    • Center for Quantum Devices, Station Q Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen

  • Morten Kjærgaard

    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Niels Bohr Institute
    • Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

  • Natalie Pearson

    • Department of Physics, ETH Zurich
    • Theoretical Physics, ETH Zurich
    • Theoretische Physik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

  • Anders Kringhøj

    • Niels Bohr Institute
    • Center for Quantum Devices and Microsoft Quantum Lab–Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Thorvald W Larsen

    • Niels Bohr Insitute, Univ of Copenhagen
    • Niels Bohr Institute
    • Center for Quantum Devices and Microsoft Quantum Lab–Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Ferdinand Kuemmeth

    • Niels Bohr Institute
    • Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute

  • Tian Wang

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy and Station Q Purdue, Purdue University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 USA
    • Microsoft Station Q Purdue
    • Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University

  • Candice Thomas

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy and Station Q Purdue, Purdue University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 USA
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy and Station Q Purdue, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Station Q Purdue, and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University

  • Sergei Gronin

    • Microsoft
    • Microsoft Quantum at Station Q Purdue, Purdue University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University
    • Microsoft Quantum at Station Q Purdue, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
    • Microsoft Station Q Purdue
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy and Station Q Purdue, Purdue University

  • Geoffrey C. Gardner

    • Microsoft
    • Microsoft Quantum at Station Q Purdue, Purdue University
    • Microsoft Quantum at Station Q Purdue, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
    • Microsoft Station Q Purdue
    • Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University
    • Microsoft Quantum at Station Q Purdue, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
    • Purdue University, Station Q Purdue

  • Michael Manfra

    • Purdue University
    • Microsoft
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy and Station Q Purdue, Purdue University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 USA
    • Microsoft Station Q Purdue
    • Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, School of Materials Engineering and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
    • Station Q Purdue and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University
    • Dept. of Physics, Purdue University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy and Station Q Purdue, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
    • Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue
    • Purdue University, Station Q Purdue
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Station Q Purdue, and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University

  • Charles M Marcus

    • Microsoft
    • Center for Quantum Devices and Station Q Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
    • Center for Quantum Devices, University of Copenhagen
    • Center for Quantum Devices and Station Q Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Center for Quantum Devices and Microsoft Quantum Lab--Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
    • Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
    • Niels Bohr Institute
    • Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute
    • Center for Quantum Devices, Station Q Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
    • Center for Quantum Devices and Microsoft Quantum Lab–Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    • University of Copenhagen
    • Center for Quantum Devices and Station Q Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen

  • Karl D Petersson

    • Niels Bohr Institute
    • Center for Quantum Devices, Station Q Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
    • Center for Quantum Devices and Microsoft Quantum Lab–Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    • University of Copenhagen
    • Microsoft Corp
    • Microsoft Quantum Research, Copenhagen