%0 Journal Article %@ 2045-2322 %A Weiss, KM %A Miguel-Sanchez, J %A Elzerman, JM %D 2013 %F discovery:1410660 %J SCIENTIFIC REPORTS %K Qubits; Quantum information %T Magnetically tunable singlet-triplet spin qubit in a four-electron InGaAs coupled quantum dot %U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1410660/ %V 3 %X A pair of self-assembled InGaAs quantum dots filled with two electrons can act as a singlet-triplet spin qubit that is robust against nuclear spin fluctuations as well as charge noise. This results in a T2* coherence time two orders of magnitude longer than that of a single electron, provided the qubit is operated at a particular ‘‘sweet spot’’ in gate voltage. However, at this fixed operating point the ground-state splitting can no longer be tuned into resonance with e.g. another qubit, limiting the options for coupling multiple qubits. Here, we propose using a four-electron coupled quantum dot to implement a singlet-triplet qubit that features a magnetically tunable level splitting. As a first step towards full experimental realization of this qubit design, we use optical spectroscopy to demonstrate the tunability of the four-electron singlet-triplet splitting in a moderate magnetic field. %Z © 2013 Macmillan Publishers Limited. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 PubMed ID: 24177037