Coherent long-distance displacement of individual electron spins

H. Flentje, P.-A. Mortemousque, R. Thalineau, A. Ludwig, A. D. Wieck, C. Bäuerle and T. Meunier ()
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H. Flentje: University of Grenoble Alpes, Institut NEEL
P.-A. Mortemousque: University of Grenoble Alpes, Institut NEEL
R. Thalineau: University of Grenoble Alpes, Institut NEEL
A. Ludwig: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
A. D. Wieck: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
C. Bäuerle: University of Grenoble Alpes, Institut NEEL
T. Meunier: University of Grenoble Alpes, Institut NEEL

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Abstract Controlling nanocircuits at the single electron spin level is a possible route for large-scale quantum information processing. In this context, individual electron spins have been identified as versatile quantum information carriers to interconnect different nodes of a spin-based semiconductor quantum circuit. Despite extensive experimental efforts to control the electron displacement over long distances, maintaining electron spin coherence after transfer remained elusive up to now. Here we demonstrate that individual electron spins can be displaced coherently over a distance of 5 µm. This displacement is realized on a closed path made of three tunnel-coupled lateral quantum dots at a speed approaching 100 ms−1. We find that the spin coherence length is eight times longer than expected from the electron spin coherence without displacement, pointing at a process similar to motional narrowing observed in nuclear magnetic resonance experiments. The demonstrated coherent displacement will open the route towards long-range interaction between distant spin qubits.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00534-3

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