Spatial noise correlations beyond nearest-neighbor in ${}^{28}$Si/SiGe spin qubits

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We detect correlations in qubit-energy fluctuations of non-neighboring qubits defined in isotopically purified Si/SiGe quantum dots.

• At low frequencies (where the noise is strongest), the correlation coefficient reaches 10% for a next-nearest-neighbor qubit-pair separated by 200 nm.
• Assigning the observed noise to be of electrical origin, a simple theoretical model quantitatively reproduces the measurements and predicts a polynomial decay of correlations with interqubit distance.
• Our results quantify long-range correlations of noise dephasing quantum-dot spin qubits arranged in arrays, essential for scalability and fault-tolerance of such systems.