High-fidelity flopping-mode single-spin operation via triple-dot orbital-band engineering

Abstract Fast electrical spin rotations in quantum dots require strong spin-charge hybridization, but the same hybridization can increase sensitivity to detuning noise. In a double-quantum-dot (DQD) flopping-mode qubit, the sweet-spot width and the Rabi enhancement are both tied to the same orbital splitting, limiting post-fabrication optimization of the speed-coherence trade-off. Here, we demonstrate a GaAs triple-quantum-dot (TQD) flopping-mode qubit in which the detuning of the third dot, ϵ 34 , provides an additional electrical tuning parameter for orbital-band flattening. Tuning ϵ 34 flattens the qubit-frequency dependence on the detuning of the target DQD while maintaining strong spin-charge hybridization, enabling electrically driven Rabi frequencies above 100 MHz. We then use feedforward-neural-network (FNN) feedback to track slow qubit-frequency drift and connect this engineered operating point to high-fidelity gates. This feedback suppresses slow qubit-frequency fluctuations, reducing their standard deviation to 388 kHz, and yields a π /2 gate fidelity of 99.56% with a 4.05 ns gate time. These results identify TQD orbital-band engineering as an electrical route for tuning the speed-coherence trade-off, complementary to material-intrinsic spin-orbit coupling and fixed micromagnet geometry.

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npj Quantum Information
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2026-10-24
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-026-01400-1
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Quantum and electron transport phenomena
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High-fidelity flopping-mode single-spin operation via triple-dot orbital-band engineering

Arne Ludwig, Andreas Dirk Wieck, Y. Matsumoto, K. Koike et al.
npj Quantum Information
Quantum and electron transport phenomena
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High-fidelity flopping-mode single-spin operation via triple-dot orbital-band engineering

Arne Ludwig, Andreas Dirk Wieck, Y. Matsumoto, K. Koike, T. Miyoshi, A. Oiwa, X.-F. Liu, T. Fujita
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Abstract Fast electrical spin rotations in quantum dots require strong spin-charge hybridization, but the same hybridization can increase sensitivity to detuning noise. In a double-quantum-dot (DQD) flopping-mode qubit, the sweet-spot width and the Rabi enhancement are both tied to the same orbital splitting, limiting post-fabrication optimization of the speed-coherence trade-off. Here, we demonstrate a GaAs triple-quantum-dot (TQD) flopping-mode qubit in which the detuning of the third dot, ϵ 34 , provides an additional electrical tuning parameter for orbital-band flattening. Tuning ϵ 34 flattens the qubit-frequency dependence on the detuning of the target DQD while maintaining strong spin-charge hybridization, enabling electrically driven Rabi frequencies above 100 MHz. We then use feedforward-neural-network (FNN) feedback to track slow qubit-frequency drift and connect this engineered operating point to high-fidelity gates. This feedback suppresses slow qubit-frequency fluctuations, reducing their standard deviation to 388 kHz, and yields a π /2 gate fidelity of 99.56% with a 4.05 ns gate time. These results identify TQD orbital-band engineering as an electrical route for tuning the speed-coherence trade-off, complementary to material-intrinsic spin-orbit coupling and fixed micromagnet geometry.

npj Quantum Information
Spintronics Research Network of Japan (JP), Trend Micro (Japan) (JP), Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology, The University of Osaka (JP), Ruhr University Bochum (DE), The University of Osaka (JP)
Openalex Percentile: Top 20%
Quantum and electron transport phenomena
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