Conceptual art of the acceptor-based spin-orbit qubit (IMAGE)

Tohoku University

Conceptual art of the acceptor-based spin-orbit qubit

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Conceptual art of the acceptor-based spin-orbit qubit. A boron atom (yellow) implanted in silicon crystal (blue) bounds a hole. Orbital motion of a hole in silicon is coupled to its spin degree of freedom. This cou-pling is reminiscent of gears where circular motion (blue arrow) and spinning (red arrow) are locked to-gether. Quantum information is encoded to the combined motion and spin of a hole in the spin-orbit qubit.

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Takashi Kobayashi, Tohoku University

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