Modeling of flopping-mode spin qubits: Beyond the two-site model
We present a flexible modeling framework for flopping-mode spin qubits that captures the spatial structure of the double-well confinement and magnetic-field-gradient profile going beyond conventional low-energy descriptions. By using this approach, we simulate electric dipole spin resonance-based single-qubit control and evaluate the frequency and spectral purity of the Rabi oscillations across different parameter regimes. Our analysis reveals a fundamental trade-off between fast electrical driving and clean single-mode Rabi oscillations and demonstrates that the standard two-site low-energy approximation can overestimate the Rabi frequency by up to ∼20% in certain parameter regimes. We also investigate two-qubit control by considering two capacitively coupled flopping-mode qubits and derive the corresponding exchange interaction with an appropriately restricted configuration interaction treatment. Our approach reveals the interplay between the spatial profile of the double-well confinement, magnetic field gradient, and Coulomb interaction, which together govern the effective exchange coupling strength. Our spatially resolved modeling framework enables efficient exploration of double-well confinement parameters and magnetic field gradient profiles, enabling a transparent mapping from spatial device properties to flopping-mode qubit parameters and quality metrics.
Authors
- Kristof Moors (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-5286)
- Bart Sorée (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4157-1956)
- George Simion (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6880-6161)
- Ashutosh Kinikar
- Mónica Benito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6365-9505)
- Vukan Levajac
Institutions
- University of Antwerp (BE)
- University of Augsburg (DE)
- Imec the Netherlands (NL)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Applied Physics
- Published
- 2026-08-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0343213
- Primary Topic
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00