Operating two exchange-only qubits in parallel
Semiconductors are among the most promising platforms to implement large-scale quantum computers, as advanced manufacturing techniques allow fabrication of large quantum dot arrays<sup>1</sup>. Various qubit encodings can be used to store and manipulate quantum information on these quantum dot arrays. Regardless of qubit encoding, precise control over the exchange interaction between electrons confined in quantum dots in the array is critical. Furthermore, it is necessary to execute high-fidelity quantum operations concurrently to make full use of the limited coherence of individual qubits. Here we demonstrate the parallel operation of two exchange-only qubits, consisting of six quantum dots in a linear arrangement. Using randomized benchmarking (RB) techniques, we show that issuing pulses on the five barrier gates to modulate exchange interactions in a maximally parallel way maintains the quality of qubit control relative to sequential operation. The techniques developed to perform parallel exchange pulses can be readily adapted to other quantum-dot-based encodings. Moreover, we show the first, to our knowledge, experimental demonstrations of an iSWAP gate for exchange-only qubits and of a charge-locking Pauli spin blockade (PSB) readout method. The results are validated using cross-entropy benchmarking (XEB)<sup>2</sup>, a technique useful for performance characterization of larger quantum computing systems; here it is used for the first time on a quantum system based on semiconductor technology.
Authors
- Shavindra Premaratne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4985-4571)
- R. Pillarisetty
- Fahd A. Mohiyaddin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7428-9826)
- James S. Clarke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7917-0998)
- H. Ekmel Ercan
- Todor Mladenov
- Peter L. Bavdaz
- Sarah E. Atanasov
- Benjamin Harpt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5427-845X)
- Mick Ramsey
- Andrew Risinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9770-5175)
- Otto Zietz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5689-8070)
- J. Corrigan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1240-8786)
- Hubert C. George
- N. C. Bishop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6756-1740)
- Samuel F. Neyens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0275-7026)
- John Rooney
- Jason D. Chadwick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7932-1418)
- Gian Giacomo Guerreschi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5579-451X)
- Eric Henry
- Joshua Ziegler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7355-3149)
- Linda Patricia Osuna Ibarra
- Matthew Curry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9352-5727)
- Daniel Keith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7990-3189)
- Rostyslav Savytskyy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8204-5063)
- Felix Borjans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9652-097X)
- Stefano Pellerano
- Aditi Nethwewala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5604-4799)
- Florian Luthi
- Elliot J. Connors (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1507-470X)
- Randy Morris
- René Otten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0891-1103)
- A. Y. Matsuura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5046-846X)
- Thomas F. Watson
- Mateusz Mądzik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4857-3257)
- Bishnu Patra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1913-1337)
- Mohammad Monirul Islam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6532-4303)
- J. M. Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4112-9857)
- Nader Khammassi
- Robert Flory
- Lester Lampert
Institutions
- Intel (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09767-5
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.25