Wednesday, 19 March, 2014
Characterization of Qubit Dephasing by Landau-Zener-Stückelberg-Majorana Interferometry
F. Forster, G. Petersen, S. Manus, P. Hänggi, D. Schuh, W. Wegscheider, S. Kohler, and S. Ludwig -
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 116803 (2014)
Controlling coherent interaction at avoided crossings and the dynamics there is at the heart of quantum information processing. A particularly intriguing dynamics is observed in the Landau-Zener regime, where periodic passages through the avoided crossing result in an interference pattern carrying information about qubit properties. In this Letter, we demonstrate a straightforward method, based on steady-state experiments, to obtain all relevant information about a qubit, including complex environmental influences. We use a two-electron charge qubit defined in a lateral double quantum dot as test system and demonstrate a long coherence time of T2 200 ns, which is limited by electron-phonon interaction.