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Superconductor-semiconductor hybrid capacitance with a nonlinear charge-voltage profile
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Abstract
Electronic devices that work in the quantum regime often employ hybrid nanostructures to bring about a nonlinear behaviour. The nonlinearity that these can provide has proven to be useful, in particular, for applications in quantum computation. Here we present a hybrid device that acts as a capacitor with a nonlinear charge-voltage relation. The device consists of a nanowire placed between the plates of a coplanar capacitor, with a co-parallel alignment. At low temperatures, due to the finite density of states on the nanowire, the charge distribution in the capacitor is uneven and energy-dependent, resulting in a charge-dependent effective capacitance. We study this system analytically and numerically, and show that the nonlinearity of the capacitance is significant enough to be utilized in circuit quantum electrodynamics. The resulting nonlinearity can be switched on, modulated, and switched off by an external potential, thus making this capacitive device highly versatile for uses in quantum computation.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of physics: D: applied physics. - London
Publication
London : 2024
ISSN
0022-3727
DOI
10.1088/1361-6463/ACFE87
Volume/pages
57 :2 (2024) , p. 1-9
Article Reference
025301
ISI
001082883200001
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Creation 30.10.2023
Last edited 22.11.2023
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