General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DRF-24-0251
Direction
DRF
Thesis topic details
Category
Theoretical physics
Thesis topics
Spin-photon coupling and quantum electrodynamics in hybrid semiconducting architectures
Contract
Thèse
Job description
Recent years have witnessed a tremendous progress in the development of quantum technologies able to probe and harness quantum degrees of freedom in solid state systems. In this context, the CEA of Grenoble has recently pioneered the demonstration of a hybrid CMOS architecture where a single photon trapped in a superconducting resonator is strongly coupled to the spin of a single hole confined in a double quantum dot [1,2]. This experiment opens important perspectives for the development of novel hybrid circuit Quantum Electrodynamics architectures where the photons can probe, entangle and control the quantum state of distant spins.
The actual potential of such platforms for quantum technologies remains to be assessed from the theoretical side, in particular for applications to quantum computation and simulation. Differently from purely superconducting transmon or flux qubits, the mechanism underpinning strong spin-photon coupling relies on the presence of a significant spin orbit interaction in the valence bands of silicon.
This PhD thesis will reinforce the theoretical activity of the CEA on this topic and will investigate how to optimize readout and manipulation protocols for architectures based on silicon and germanium. Particular effort will be devoted to the quantitative modeling of spin-photon coupling and of the mechanisms limiting the performances of such devices (noise effects). We will also explore the many-body effects emerging when coupling several spins through single or multiple resonators.
[1] Strong coupling between a photon and a hole spin in silicon, Cécile X. Yu, Simon Zihlmann, José C. Abadillo-Uriel, Vincent P. Michal, Nils Rambal, Heimanu Niebojewski, Thomas Bedecarrats, Maud Vinet, Étienne Dumur, Michele Filippone, Benoit Bertrand, Silvano De Franceschi, Yann-Michel Niquet and Romain Maurand, Nature Nanotechnology 18, 741 (2023)
[2] Tunable hole spin-photon interaction based on g-matrix modulation, V. P. Michal, J. C. Abadillo-Uriel, S. Zihlmann, R. Maurand, Y.-M. Niquet, and M. Filippone, Phys. Rev. B 107, L041303 (2023)
University / doctoral school
Ecole Doctorale de Physique de Grenoble (EdPHYS)
Université Grenoble Alpes
Thesis topic location
Site
Grenoble
Requester
Position start date
01/10/2024
Person to be contacted by the applicant
Filippone Michele michele.filippone@cea.fr
CEA
DRF
Atomistic Simulation Laboratory
Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble
CEA Grenoble
17, avenue des Martyrs
38054 Grenoble Cedex 9 (France)
0438781079
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
Filippone Michele michele.filippone@cea.fr
CEA
DRF
Atomistic Simulation Laboratory
Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble
CEA Grenoble
17, avenue des Martyrs
38054 Grenoble Cedex 9 (France)
0438781079
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