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Tunable Spin Loading and T-1 of a Silicon Spin Qubit Measured by Single-Shot Readout

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  • C. B. Simmons
  • J. R. Prance
  • B. J. Van Bael
  • Teck Seng Koh
  • Zhan Shi
  • D. E. Savage
  • M. G. Lagally
  • R. Joynt
  • Mark Friesen
  • S. N. Coppersmith
  • M. A. Eriksson
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Article number156804
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>11/04/2011
<mark>Journal</mark>Physical review letters
Issue number15
Volume106
Number of pages4
Pages (from-to)-
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

We demonstrate single-shot readout of a silicon quantum dot spin qubit, and we measure the spin relaxation time T-1. We show that the rate of spin loading can be tuned by an order of magnitude by changing the amplitude of a pulsed-gate voltage, and the fraction of spin-up electrons loaded can also be controlled. This tunability arises because electron spins can be loaded through an orbital excited state. Using a theory that includes excited states of the dot and energy-dependent tunneling, we find that a global fit to the loading rate and spin-up fraction is in good agreement with the data.