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ArticleNano letters2025

Engineering Ge Profiles in Si/SiGe Heterostructures for Increased Valley Splitting.

Lucas E A Stehouwer, Merrit P Losert, Maia Rigot, Davide Degli Esposti, Sara Martí-Sánchez, Maximillian Rimbach-Russ, Jordi Arbiol, Mark Friesen, Giordano Scappucci

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Article in Nano letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Lucas E A StehouwerQuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands.
Merrit P LosertUniversity of Wisconsin─Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.
Maia RigotQuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands.
Davide Degli EspostiQuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands.
Sara Martí-SánchezCatalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, and BIST, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Maximillian Rimbach-RussQuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands.
Jordi ArbiolCatalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, and BIST, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0695-1726
Mark FriesenUniversity of Wisconsin─Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2878-2844
Giordano ScappucciQuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2512-0079

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Abstract

Electron-spin qubits in Si/SiGe quantum wells are limited by the small and variable energy separation of the conduction-band valleys. While sharp quantum-well interfaces are pursued to increase the valley-splitting energy deterministically, here we explore an alternative approach to enhancing the valley splitting on average. We grow increasingly thinner quantum wells with broad interfaces to controllably increase the electron wave function overlap with Ge atoms. Quantum Hall measurements of two-dimensional electron gases reveal a linear correlation between valley splitting and disorder-induced single-particle energy-level broadening, driven by increasing alloy scattering at the Si/SiGe interface. We demonstrate enhanced valley splitting while maintaining respectable electron mobility, indicating a low-disorder electrostatic potential environment. Simulations using experimental Ge concentration profiles predict an average valley splitting in quantum dots that matches the enhancement observed in two-dimensional systems. Our results motivate the experimental realization of quantum-dot spin qubits in these heterostructures.

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heterostructuremobilityquantum dotsquantum Hall effectvalley splitting

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PMCPMC12395482

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