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Spin-valley locked excited states spectroscopy in a one-particle bilayer graphene quantum dot

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  • Hadrien Duprez

    (ETH Zurich)

  • Solenn Cances

    (ETH Zurich)

  • Andraz Omahen

    (ETH Zurich)

  • Michele Masseroni

    (ETH Zurich)

  • Max J. Ruckriegel

    (ETH Zurich)

  • Christoph Adam

    (ETH Zurich)

  • Chuyao Tong

    (ETH Zurich)

  • Rebekka Garreis

    (ETH Zurich)

  • Jonas D. Gerber

    (ETH Zurich)

  • Wister Huang

    (ETH Zurich)

  • Lisa Gächter

    (ETH Zurich)

  • Kenji Watanabe

    (National Institute for Materials Science)

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    (National Institute for Materials Science)

  • Thomas Ihn

    (ETH Zurich)

  • Klaus Ensslin

    (ETH Zurich)

Abstract

Current semiconductor qubits rely either on the spin or on the charge degree of freedom to encode quantum information. By contrast, in bilayer graphene the valley degree of freedom, stemming from the crystal lattice symmetry, is a robust quantum number that can therefore be harnessed for this purpose. The simplest implementation of a valley qubit would rely on two states with opposite valleys as in the case of a single-carrier bilayer graphene quantum dot immersed in a small perpendicular magnetic field (B⊥ ≲ 100 mT). However, the single-carrier quantum dot excited states spectrum has not been resolved to date in the relevant magnetic field range. Here, we fill this gap, by measuring the parallel and perpendicular magnetic field dependence of this spectrum with an unprecedented resolution of 4 μeV. We use a time-resolved charge detection technique that gives us access to individual tunnel events. Our results come as a direct verification of the predicted spectrum and establish a new upper-bound on inter-valley mixing, equal to our energy resolution. Our charge detection technique opens the door to measuring the relaxation time of a valley qubit in a single-carrier bilayer graphene quantum dot.

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  • Hadrien Duprez & Solenn Cances & Andraz Omahen & Michele Masseroni & Max J. Ruckriegel & Christoph Adam & Chuyao Tong & Rebekka Garreis & Jonas D. Gerber & Wister Huang & Lisa Gächter & Kenji Watanabe, 2024. "Spin-valley locked excited states spectroscopy in a one-particle bilayer graphene quantum dot," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-7, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-54121-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54121-4
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