US 11,983,126 B2
Component for reading out the states of qubits in quantum dots
Matthias Künne, Aachen (DE); Hendrik Bluhm, Aachen (DE); and Lars Schreiber, Aachen (DE)
Assigned to Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Aachen (DE); and Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/642,677
Filed by Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Aachen (DE); and Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/DE2020/100809
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/052536, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 125 351.9 (DE), filed on Sep. 20, 2019; and application No. 10 2020 115 493.3 (DE), filed on Jun. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0327072 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 13/20 (2006.01); G06N 10/40 (2022.01); H01L 29/423 (2006.01); H01L 29/66 (2006.01); H03K 17/92 (2006.01); H10N 60/10 (2023.01); H10N 69/00 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 13/20 (2013.01) [G06N 10/40 (2022.01); H01L 29/423 (2013.01); H01L 29/42316 (2013.01); H01L 29/66977 (2013.01); H03K 17/92 (2013.01); H10N 60/11 (2023.02); H10N 60/128 (2023.02); H10N 69/00 (2023.02); G06F 2213/40 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic component, which is formed by a semiconductor component having gate electrode assemblies, for reading out a quantum state of a qubit in a quantum dot, comprising:
a substrate with a two-dimensional electron gas or electron hole gas;
electrical contacts for connecting the gate electrode assemblies to voltage sources;
gate electrode assemblies having gate electrodes, which are arranged on a surface of the electronic component, for producing potential wells in the substrate;
parallel electrode fingers being part of the gate electrodes of the gate electrode assemblies,
wherein in a first gate electrode assembly, the electrode fingers are interconnected in a periodically alternating manner, which causes an almost continuous movement of the potential well through the substrate, whereby a first quantum dot is transported together with this potential well, and
wherein the electrode fingers of a second gate electrode assembly form a static potential well in which a second charge carrier with a known quantum mechanical state is provided; and
a sensor element for detecting changes in the charge, which detects the charge in the static potential well, wherein the first quantum dot is transported to a second quantum dot.