We examine the impact of time-dependent gate voltages on entanglement generation in two capacitively coupled charge qubits, with single-electron injection triggered on demand. The gate voltage modulates the tunnel coupling between the qubits and electronic reservoirs, initiating charge transport into the system. The formation of entangled states arises from the competition between interqubit Coulomb interactions and electron-hopping processes. Particular attention is paid to the temporal structure of the gate pulse, which plays a pivotal role in shaping the entanglement dynamics. By exploring a variety of pulse profiles, we uncover regimes of enhanced entanglement and identify optimal driving conditions. Additionally, we investigate how environmental dephasing deteriorates entanglement formation. Within the framework of the density-matrix formalism, we calculate fidelity, linear entropy, and negativity to identify robust operational windows. These results provide insights into controlling quantum correlations in mesoscopic systems and underscore the importance of error-mitigation strategies in realizing high-performance electronic quantum devices.
We examine the impact of time-dependent gate voltages on entanglement generation in two capacitively coupled charge qubits, with single-electron injection triggered on demand. The gate voltage modulates the tunnel coupling between the qubits and electronic reservoirs, initiating charge transport into the system. The formation of entangled states arises from the competition between interqubit Coulomb interactions and electron-hopping processes. Particular attention is paid to the temporal structure of the gate pulse, which plays a pivotal role in shaping the entanglement dynamics. By exploring a variety of pulse profiles, we uncover regimes of enhanced entanglement and identify optimal driving conditions. Additionally, we investigate how environmental dephasing deteriorates entanglement formation. Within the framework of the density-matrix formalism, we calculate fidelity, linear entropy, and negativity to identify robust operational windows. These results provide insights into controlling quantum correlations in mesoscopic systems and underscore the importance of error-mitigation strategies in realizing high-performance electronic quantum devices.
The effects of electronic initialization of quantum states on the entanglement in electronic systems remain an open question. Our research focuses on a system model comprising of quantum dot molecules attached to electronic reservoirs. Two electronic qubits interact with each other via Coulomb repulsion. The interplay between Coulomb and hopping process results on the formation of entangled states. Here we analyse how a Gaussian gate voltage pulse, that injects electrons into the qubits in a time controlled way, can interfere on the entanglement degree. To this aim we calculate different quantities such as fidelity, Von Neumann entropy and negativity . Ours results show that the proper adjustment of the initialization pulse width is crucial to the formation of highly entangled states, thus shining light on possible future experimental implementation of electronic qubits.
PACS. 73.23.-b – Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems. Abstract. – We study entanglement of charge qubits in a vertical tunnel-coupled double quantum dot containing two interacting electrons. Exact diagonalization is used to compute the negativity characterizing entanglement. We find that entanglement can be efficiently generated and controlled by sidegate voltages, and describe how it can be detected. For large enough tunnel coupling, the negativity shows a pronounced maximum at an intermediate interaction strength within the Wigner molecule regime. Semiconductor few-electron quantum dots (QDs) continue to attract a lot of interest, as it has now become possible to experimentally control both the electronic spin and charge in a condensed-phase environment in an unprecedented manner. In particular, double quantum dots (DQDs) can be fabricated in a well-controlled fashion in high-quality semiconductor devices, and are currently under intense study [1–9]. Vertical or lateral tunnel-coupled DQDs are among the most promising candidates for realizing spin or charge qubits in a quantum information processor [10–12]. Their main advantages are scalability, good control of physical properties via tunable external (sidegate-) voltages or magnetic fields, and spatial separation
Abstract Entanglement is an essential resource for quantum information processing; however, it is highly susceptible to decoherence induced by environmental interactions. In this work, we investigate the entanglement dynamics of a two-qubit system subjected to Markovian noise and explore the effectiveness of external control fields in preserving quantum correlations. Using the Lindblad master equation, we model the evolution of the system under two decoherence channels, namely, amplitude damping (spontaneous emission) and phase damping (dephasing). We introduce periodic driving and optimal control protocols to mitigate entanglement loss and analyze their impact using concurrence as a quantifier of two-qubit entanglement. Our numerical results reveal certain conditions under which sudden death of entanglement can be delayed or even prevented. Additionally, in the case of the initial state being a mixed state, we identify time regimes where entanglement revival occurs, providing insights into quantum error correction strategies. The results contribute to the broader understanding of quantum coherence preservation and have implications for quantum computing, secure quantum communication, and quantum memory design.
We investigate the dynamics of key quantum correlations - Negativity (NG), Quantum Discord (QD), and Quantum-Memory-Assisted Entropic Uncertainty (QM-EUR) - in a bipartite two-qubit system under the influence of external pulses and various decoherence channels, including amplitude damping (gamma_amp), pure dephasing (gamma_deph), and pulse-induced dephasing (G), while different regimes of inter-qubit coupling (Jzz, Jxx), qubit energy splitting (epsilon), and pulse parameters (A_pulse, beta_pulse) are explored. Our results show that inter-qubit coupling and energy splitting epsilon significantly influence the dynamics, producing pronounced oscillations in the weak-coupling regime and protecting pre-existing entanglement in the strong-coupling regime. NG is the most sensitive, QD persists longer revealing nonclassical correlations independent of entanglement, and QM-EUR reflects residual quantum memory and entropic uncertainty, showing that quantum signatures survive even when NG and QD are weak. Pulse amplitude and width effectively control the generation and dissipation of correlations, while the intensity of pulse-induced dephasing modulates the balance between sustained oscillations and rapid decoherence. The initial state also plays a crucial role: a partially entangled initial state is more resilient to perturbations, preserving correlations over time, whereas a separable state exhibits cycles of entanglement creation and destruction. Thus, by adjusting system parameters, it is possible to control the stability and lifetime of correlations and coherence, providing a framework to optimize quantum systems for applications requiring both strong entanglement and long-lasting coherence, such as quantum computing and secure communication.
We investigate a method for entangling two singlet-triplet qubits in adjacent double quantum dots via capacitive interactions. In contrast to prior work, here we focus on a regime with strong interactions between the qubits. The interplay of the interaction energy and simultaneous large detunings for both double dots gives rise to the ``double charge resonant'' regime, in which the unpolarized (1111) and fully polarized (0202) four-electron states in the absence of interqubit tunneling are near degeneracy, while being energetically well separated from the partially polarized (0211 and 1102) states. A rapid controlled-phase gate may be realized by combining time evolution in this regime in the presence of intraqubit tunneling and the interqubit Coulomb interaction with refocusing $\ensuremath{\pi}$ pulses that swap the singly occupied singlet and triplet states of the two qubits via, e.g., magnetic gradients. We calculate the fidelity of this entangling gate, incorporating models for two types of noise---charge fluctuations in the single-qubit detunings and charge relaxation within the low-energy subspace via electron-phonon interaction---and identify parameter regimes that optimize the fidelity. The rates of phonon-induced decay for pairs of GaAs or Si double quantum dots vary with the sizes of the dipolar and quadrupolar contributions and are several orders of magnitude smaller for Si, leading to high theoretical gate fidelities for coupled singlet-triplet qubits in Si dots. We also consider the dependence of the capacitive coupling on the relative orientation of the double dots and find that a linear geometry provides the fastest potential gate.
Several physical realizations of quantum bits have been proposed. Of those, nano-electronic devices appear most suitable for large-scale integration and potential applications. We suggest to use low-capacitance Josephson junctions, exploiting the coherence of tunneling in the superconducting state combined with the possibility to control individual charges by Coulomb blockade effects (cond-mat/9706016,cond-mat/9808067). These systems constitute quantum bits, with logical states differing by one Cooper-pair charge. Single- and two-bit operations can be performed by applying a sequence of gate voltages. The phase coherence time is sufficiently long to allow a series of these steps. In addition to the manipulation of qubits the resulting quantum state has to be read out. This can be accomplished by coupling a single-electron transistor capacitively to the qubit (cond-mat/9801125). To describe this quantum measurement process we study the time evolution of the density matrix of the coupled system. Only when a transport voltage is turned on, the transistor destroys the phase coherence of the qubit; in this case within a short time. The measurement is accomplished after a longer time scale, when the signal resolves the different quantum states. At still longer times the measurement process itself destroys the information about the initial state. We present a suitable set of system parameters, which can be realized by present-day technology.