183 research outputs found
A Three-dimensional simulation study of the performance of Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors with doped reservoirs and realistic geometry
In this work, we simulate the expected device performance and the scaling
perspectives of Carbon nanotube Field Effect Transistors (CNT-FETs), with doped
source and drain extensions. The simulations are based on the self-consistent
solution of the 3D Poisson-Schroedinger equation with open boundary conditions,
within the Non-Equilibrium Green's Function formalism, where arbitrary gate
geometry and device architecture can be considered. The investigation of short
channel effects for different gate configurations and geometry parameters shows
that double gate devices offer quasi ideal subthreshold slope and DIBL without
extremely thin gate dielectrics. Exploration of devices with parallel CNTs show
that On currents per unit width can be significantly larger than the silicon
counterpart, while high-frequency performance is very promising.Comment: Submitted to IEEE TE
Engineered valley-orbit splittings in quantum confined nanostructures in silicon
An important challenge in silicon quantum electronics in the few electron
regime is the potentially small energy gap between the ground and excited
orbital states in 3D quantum confined nanostructures due to the multiple valley
degeneracies of the conduction band present in silicon. Understanding the
"valley-orbit" (VO) gap is essential for silicon qubits, as a large VO gap
prevents leakage of the qubit states into a higher dimensional Hilbert space.
The VO gap varies considerably depending on quantum confinement, and can be
engineered by external electric fields. In this work we investigate VO
splitting experimentally and theoretically in a range of confinement regimes.
We report measurements of the VO splitting in silicon quantum dot and donor
devices through excited state transport spectroscopy. These results are
underpinned by large-scale atomistic tight-binding calculations involving over
1 million atoms to compute VO splittings as functions of electric fields, donor
depths, and surface disorder. The results provide a comprehensive picture of
the range of VO splittings that can be achieved through quantum engineering.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Valley splitting in Si quantum dots embedded in SiGe
We examine energy spectra of Si quantum dots embedded into Si_{0.75}Ge_{0.25}
buffers using atomistic numerical calculations for dimensions relevant to qubit
implementations. The valley degeneracy of the lowest orbital state is lifted
and valley splitting fluctuates with monolayer frequency as a function of the
dot thickness. For dot thicknesses 150
ueV. Using the unique advantage of atomistic calculations we analyze the effect
of buffer disorder on valley splitting. Disorder in the buffer leads to the
suppression of valley splitting by a factor of 2.5, the splitting fluctuates
with ~20 ueV for different disorder realizations. Through these simulations we
can guide future experiments into regions of low device-to-device fluctuations.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Orbital Stark effect and quantum confinement transition of donors in silicon
Adiabatic shuttling of single impurity bound electrons to gate induced
surface states in semiconductors has attracted much attention in recent times,
mostly in the context of solid-state quantum computer architecture. A recent
transport spectroscopy experiment for the first time was able to probe the
Stark shifted spectrum of a single donor in silicon buried close to a gate.
Here we present the full theoretical model involving large-scale quantum
mechanical simulations that was used to compute the Stark shifted donor states
in order to interpret the experimental data. Use of atomistic tight-binding
technique on a domain of over a million atoms helped not only to incorporate
the full band structure of the host, but also to treat realistic device
geometries and donor models, and to use a large enough basis set to capture any
number of donor states. The method yields a quantitative description of the
symmetry transition that the donor electron undergoes from a 3D Coulomb
confined state to a 2D surface state as the electric field is ramped up
adiabatically. In the intermediate field regime, the electron resides in a
superposition between the states of the atomic donor potential and that of the
quantum dot like states at the surface. In addition to determining the effect
of field and donor depth on the electronic structure, the model also provides a
basis to distinguish between a phosphorus and an arsenic donor based on their
Stark signature. The method also captures valley-orbit splitting in both the
donor well and the interface well, a quantity critical to silicon qubits. The
work concludes with a detailed analysis of the effects of screening on the
donor spectrum.Comment: 10 pages, 10 figures, journa
Effect of electron-nuclear spin interactions on electron-spin qubits localized in self-assembled quantum dots
The effect of electron-nuclear spin interactions on qubit operations is
investigated for a qubit represented by the spin of an electron localized in a
self-assembled quantum dot. The localized electron wave function is evaluated
within the atomistic tight-binding model. The magnetic field generated by the
nuclear spins is estimated in the presence of an inhomogeneous environment
characterized by a random nuclear spin configuration, by the dot-size
distribution, by alloy disorder, and by interface disorder. Due to these
inhomogeneities, the magnitude of the nuclear magnetic field varies from one
qubit to another by the order of 100 G, 100 G, 10 G, and 0.1 G, respectively.
The fluctuation of the magnetic field causes errors in exchange operations due
to the inequality of the Zeeman splitting between two qubits. We show that the
errors can be made lower than the quantum error threshold if an exchange energy
larger than 0.1 meV is used for the operation.Comment: 15 pages, 2 figure
Atomistic approach to alloy scattering in
SiGe alloy scattering is of significant importance with the introduction of
strained layers and SiGe channels into CMOS technology. However, alloy
scattering has till now been treated in an empirical fashion with a fitting
parameter. We present a theoretical model within the atomistic tight-binding
representation for treating alloy scattering in SiGe. This approach puts the
scattering model on a solid atomistic footing with physical insights. The
approach is shown to inherently capture the bulk alloy scattering potential
parameters for both n-type and p-type carriers and matches experimental
mobility data.Comment: 3 pg 3 figure
High precision quantum control of single donor spins in silicon
The Stark shift of the hyperfine coupling constant is investigated for a P
donor in Si far below the ionization regime in the presence of interfaces using
Tight-binding and Band Minima Basis approaches and compared to the recent
precision measurements. The TB electronic structure calculations included over
3 million atoms. In contrast to previous effective mass based results, the
quadratic Stark coefficient obtained from both theories agrees closely with the
experiments. This work represents the most sensitive and precise comparison
between theory and experiment for single donor spin control. It is also shown
that there is a significant linear Stark effect for an impurity near the
interface, whereas, far from the interface, the quadratic Stark effect
dominates. Such precise control of single donor spin states is required
particularly in quantum computing applications of single donor electronics,
which forms the driving motivation of this work.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
Stark tuning of the charge states of a two-donor molecule in silicon
Gate control of phosphorus donor based charge qubits in Si is investigated
using a tight-binding approach. Excited molecular states of P2+ are found to
impose limits on the allowed donor separations and operating gate voltages. The
effects of surface (S) and barrier (B) gates are analyzed in various voltage
regimes with respect to the quantum confined states of the whole device.
Effects such as interface ionization, saturation of the tunnel coupling,
sensitivity to donor and gate placement are also studied. It is found that
realistic gate control is smooth for any donor separation, although at certain
donor orientations the S and B gates may get switched in functionality. This
paper outlines and analyzes the various issues that are of importance in
practical control of such donor molecular systems.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figure
Coherent electron transport by adiabatic passage in an imperfect donor chain
Coherent Tunneling Adiabatic Passage (CTAP) has been proposed as a long-range
physical qubit transport mechanism in solid-state quantum computing
architectures. Although the mechanism can be implemented in either a chain of
quantum dots or donors, a 1D chain of donors in Si is of particular interest
due to the natural confining potential of donors that can in principle help
reduce the gate densities in solid-state quantum computing architectures. Using
detailed atomistic modeling, we investigate CTAP in a more realistic triple
donor system in the presence of inevitable fabrication imperfections. In
particular, we investigate how an adiabatic pathway for CTAP is affected by
donor misplacements, and propose schemes to correct for such errors. We also
investigate the sensitivity of the adiabatic path to gate voltage fluctuations.
The tight-binding based atomistic treatment of straggle used here may benefit
understanding of other donor nanostructures, such as donor-based charge and
spin qubits. Finally, we derive an effective 3 \times 3 model of CTAP that
accurately resembles the voltage tuned lowest energy states of the
multi-million atom tight-binding simulations, and provides a translation
between intensive atomistic Hamiltonians and simplified effective Hamiltonians
while retaining the relevant atomic-scale information. This method can help
characterize multi-donor experimental structures quickly and accurately even in
the presence of imperfections, overcoming some of the numeric intractabilities
of finding optimal eigenstates for non-ideal donor placements.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figure
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