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Mitigation of exchange crosstalk in dense quantum dot arrays

Daniel Jirovec1,*,†, Pablo Cova Fariña1,*, Stefano Reale1, Stefan D. Oosterhout1,2, Xin Zhang1, Sander de Snoo1, Amir Sammak2, Giordano Scappucci1, Menno Veldhorst1 et al.

Lieven M. K. Vandersypen1,‡

  • *These authors contributed equally to this work.
  • †Contact author: d.jirovec@tudelft.nl
  • ‡Contact author: l.m.k.vandersypen@tudelft.nl
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Phys. Rev. Applied 24, 034051 – Published 19 September, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/qgnt-n527

Abstract

Coupled spins in semiconductor quantum dots are a versatile platform for quantum computing and simulations of complex many-body phenomena. However, on the path of scale-up, crosstalk from densely packed electrodes poses a severe challenge. While crosstalk onto the quantum dot potentials is nowadays routinely compensated for, crosstalk on the exchange interaction is much more difficult to tackle because it is not always directly measurable. Here we propose and implement a way of characterizing and compensating crosstalk on adjacent exchange interactions by following the singlet-triplet avoided crossing in Ge. We show that we can easily identify the barrier-to-barrier crosstalk element without knowledge of the particular exchange value in a 2×4 quantum dot array. We uncover striking differences among these crosstalk elements that can be linked to the geometry of the device and the barrier gate fan-out. We validate the method by tuning up four-spin Heisenberg chains. The same method should be applicable to longer chains of spins and to other semiconductor platforms in which mixing of the singlet and the lowest-energy triplet is present or can be engineered. Additionally, this procedure is well-suited for automated tuning routines as we obtain a standout feature that can be easily tracked and directly returns the magnitude of the crosstalk.

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Phys. Rev. Applied 24, 034051– Published 19 September, 2025
  • Received 28 March 2025
  • Revised 4 June 2025
  • Accepted 10 July 2025
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