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Tensile-strained MOS-like Ge/GeSn planar heterostructures exhibit an inherently large, highly gate-tunable Rashba spin-orbit interaction that can function as an all-electrical on/off switch for light-hole spin qubits. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

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To investigate tensile-strained planar germanium on germanium-tin heterostructures as a scalable platform for gate-tunable, light-hole spin qubits.

August 22, 2026Communications PhysicsOpen Access

Fully tunable strong spin orbit interactions in light hole germanium quantum channels

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To investigate tensile-strained planar germanium on germanium-tin heterostructures as a scalable platform for gate-tunable, light-hole spin qubits.
Engineered MOS-like epitaxial germanium quantum channels on relaxed germanium-tin (Ge/GeSn) heterostructures.
Characterized light-hole ground state properties, Rashba spin-orbit interaction strength, and g-tensor anisotropy across varying electrostatic gate fields.
Demonstrated an inherently large Rashba interaction arising from light-hole ground states that completely vanishes at specific gate voltages, acting as an electrical on/off switch.
Achieved a less anisotropic g-tensor than conventional heavy-hole systems, alongside an out-of-plane g-factor that tunes completely to zero under applied gate fields.

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Nanodevice study reveals gate-tunable Rashba spin-orbit interaction in light-hole germanium-tin heterostructures, indicating potential for scalable electrical spin-qubit switches.

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Vecchio et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a895e6bca7ade938187c865 https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-026-02825-y

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Nanodevice study reveals gate-tunable Rashba spin-orbit interaction in light-hole germanium-tin heterostructures, indicating potential for scalable electrical spin-qubit switches.

Fully tunable strong spin orbit interactions in light hole germanium quantum channels

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