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Image Processing Algorithms for Tuning Quantum Devices and Nitrogen-Vacancy Imaging

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1662017· OSTI ID:1662017
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  1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)

Semiconductor quantum dot devices can be challenging to configure into a regime where they are suitable for qubit operation. This challenge arises from variations in gate control of quantum dot electron occupation and tunnel coupling between quantum dots on a single device or across several devices. Furthermore, a single control gate usually has capacitive coupling to multiple quantum dots and tunnel barriers between dots. If the device operator, be it human or machine, has quantitative knowledge of how gates control the electrostatic and dynamic properties of multiqubit devices, the operator can more quickly and easily navigate the multidimensional gate space to find a qubit operating regime. We have developed and applied image analysis techniques to quantitatively detect where charge offsets from different quantum dots intersect, so called anticrossings. In this document we outline the details of our algorithm for detecting single anticrossings, which has been used to fine-tune the inter-dot tunnel rates for a three quantum dot system. Additionally, we show that our algorithm can detect multiple anticrossings in the same dataset, which can aid in the coarse tuning the electron occupation of multiple quantum dots. We also include an application of cross correlation to the imaging of magnetic fields using nitrogen vacancies.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
OSTI ID:
1662017
Report Number(s):
SAND--2019-11786; 690548
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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