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September 26, 2025Nature42 citationsOpen Access

Industry-compatible silicon spin-qubit unit cells exceeding 99% fidelity

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PSPaul SteinackerNSNard Dumoulin StuyckWLWee Han Lim

Key Points

  • Single- and two-qubit control fidelities exceeded 99% across four silicon devices, demonstrating exceptional performance.
  • State preparation and measurement fidelities reached up to 99.9%, affirmed through gate set tomography analysis.
  • Spin lifetime reported at T1 = 9.5 s, while coherence T2* = 40.6 μs and T2 (Hahn) = 1.9 ms validate operational stability.
  • Identification of residual nuclear spins highlights the need for isotopic purification to enhance qubit performance further.

Abstract

Abstract Among the many types of qubit presently being investigated for a future quantum computer, silicon spin qubits with millions of qubits on a single chip are uniquely positioned to enable quantum computing. However, it has not been clear whether the outstanding high-fidelity operations and long coherence times shown by silicon spin qubits fabricated in academic settings 1–8 can be reliably reproduced when the qubits are manufactured in a semiconductor foundry 9–11. Here we show precise qubit operation of silicon two-qubit devices made with standard semiconductor tooling in a 300-mm foundry environment. Of the key metrics, single- and two-qubit control fidelities exceed 99% for all four devices, and the state preparation and measurement fidelities reach up to 99. 9%, as evidenced by gate set tomography. We report spin lifetime and coherence up to T 1 = 9. 5 s, T₂^* =40. 6\, s T 2 * = 40. 6 μ s and T₂^{Hahn}=1. 9\, ms T 2 Hahn = 1. 9 ms. We determine that residual nuclear spin-carrying isotopes contribute substantially to operational errors, identifying further isotopic purification as a clear pathway to even higher performance.

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Steinacker et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d6c67db1249cec298b2410https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09531-9
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