DOI: 10.1126/science.1175552. Fluxonium: Single Cooper-Pair Circuit Free of Charge Offsets

Fluxonium: Single Cooper-Pair Circuit Free of Charge Offsets

10.1126/science.1175552

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Abstract

Quiet, Please One approach for building quantum computers is based on superconductors with appropriately designed components to control the pairs of charges flowing through the circuits. However, at the single-electron level, required quantum noise—generated by quantum fluctuations and throwing offset charges into the device—presents a real problem in manipulating the delicate quantum states of the qubits. Manucharyan et al. (p. 113 ) present a clever piece of quantum circuit engineering that can suppress the effect of the quantum noise and allow the quantum circuit to operate without disturbance.

Bibliography

Manucharyan, V. E., Koch, J., Glazman, L. I., & Devoret, M. H. (2009). Fluxonium: Single Cooper-Pair Circuit Free of Charge Offsets. Science, 326(5949), 113â116.

Authors 4

Vladimir E. Manucharyan (first)
Jens Koch (additional)
Leonid I. Glazman (additional)
Michel H. Devoret (additional)

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Type	When
Created	15 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 1, 2009, 6:46 p.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 10, 2024, 2:54 a.m.)
Indexed	29 minutes ago (Aug. 30, 2025, 1:26 a.m.)
Issued	15 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 2, 2009)
Published	15 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 2, 2009)
Published Print	15 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 2, 2009)

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BibTeX

@article{Manucharyan_2009, title={Fluxonium: Single Cooper-Pair Circuit Free of Charge Offsets}, volume={326}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1175552}, DOI={10.1126/science.1175552}, number={5949}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Manucharyan, Vladimir E. and Koch, Jens and Glazman, Leonid I. and Devoret, Michel H.}, year={2009}, month=oct, pages={113–116} }

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