Ares, N and Schupp, F J and Mavalankar, A and Rogers, G and Griffiths, J P and Jones, G A C and Farrer, I and Ritchie, D. A. and Smith, C G and Cottet, A and Briggs, G A D and Laird, E A (2016) Sensitive Radio-Frequency Measurements of a Quantum Dot by Tuning to Perfect Impedance Matching. Physical Review Applied, 5: 034011. ISSN 2331-7019
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Electrical readout of spin qubits requires fast and sensitive measurements, which are hindered by poor impedance matching to the device. We demonstrate perfect impedance matching in a radio-frequency readout circuit, using voltage-tunable varactors to cancel out parasitic capacitances. An optimized capacitance sensitivity of 1.6 aF/√Hz is achieved at a maximum source-drain bias of 170−μV root-mean-square and with a bandwidth of 18 MHz. Coulomb blockade in a quantum-dot is measured in both conductance and capacitance, and the two contributions are found to be proportional as expected from a quasistatic tunneling model. We benchmark our results against the requirements for single-shot qubit readout using quantum capacitance, a goal that has so far been elusive.