Decoherence and fidelity enhancement during shuttling of entangled spin qubits

Journal Article (2026)
Author(s)

Yu Ning Zhang (TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft)

Aleksandr S. Mokeev (TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft)

Viatcheslav V. Dobrovitski (TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft)

Research Group
QID/Dobrovitski Group
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1103/78SG-TTTH Final published version
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Publication Year
2026
Language
English
Research Group
QID/Dobrovitski Group
Journal title
Physical Review B
Issue number
20
Volume number
112
Pages (from-to)
205301-1-205301-7
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Abstract

Shuttling of spin qubits between different locations is a key element in many prospective semiconductor systems for quantum information processing, but the shuttled qubits should be protected from decoherence caused by by time- and space-dependent noise. Since the paths of different spin qubits are interrelated, the noise acting on the shuttled spins exhibits complex and unusual correlations. We appraise the role of these correlations using the concept of trajectories on random sheets, and demonstrate that they can drastically affect the efficiency of coherence protection. These correlations can be exploited to enhance the shuttling fidelity, and we show that by encoding a logical qubit in a state of two sequentially shuttled entangled spins, high fidelity can be achieved even for very slow shuttling. We identify the conditions favoring this encoding, and quantify improvement in the shuttling fidelity in comparison with single-spin shuttling.

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