Coherent Control and Spectroscopy of a Semiconductor Quantum Dot Wigner Molecule

Semiconductor quantum dots containing more than one electron have found wide application in qubits, where they enable readout and enhance polarizability. However, coherent control in such dots has typically been restricted to only the lowest two levels, and such control in the strongly interacting regime has not been realized. Here we report quantum control of eight different transitions in a silicon-based quantum dot. We use qubit readout to perform spectroscopy, revealing a dense set of energy levels with characteristic spacing far smaller than the single-particle energy. By comparing with full configuration interaction calculations, we argue that the dense set of levels arises from Wigner-molecule physics.

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This study reports quantum control of eight different transitions in a silicon-based quantum dot, revealing a dense set of energy levels with characteristic spacing far smaller than the single-particle energy, which is argued to arise from Wigner-molecule physics.