DOI: 10.1126/science.aah5844. Suppressing relaxation in superconducting qubits by quasiparticle pumping

Suppressing relaxation in superconducting qubits by quasiparticle pumping

10.1126/science.aah5844

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Abstract

Extending qubit lifetime through a shaped environment Qubits are the quantum two-level systems that encode and process information in quantum computing. Kept in isolation, qubits can be stable. In a practical setting, however, qubits must be addressed and interact with each other. Such an environment is typically viewed as a source of decoherence and has a detrimental effect on a qubit's ability to retain encoded information. Gustavsson et al. used a sequence of pulses as a source of “environment shaping” that could substantially increase the coherence time of a superconducting qubit. Science , this issue p. 1573

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Gustavsson, S., Yan, F., Catelani, G., Bylander, J., Kamal, A., Birenbaum, J., Hover, D., Rosenberg, D., Samach, G., Sears, A. P., Weber, S. J., Yoder, J. L., Clarke, J., Kerman, A. J., Yoshihara, F., Nakamura, Y., Orlando, T. P., & Oliver, W. D. (2016). Suppressing relaxation in superconducting qubits by quasiparticle pumping. Science, 354(6319), 1573â1577.

Authors 18

Simon Gustavsson (first)
Fei Yan (additional)
Gianluigi Catelani (additional)
Jonas Bylander (additional)
Archana Kamal (additional)
Jeffrey Birenbaum (additional)
David Hover (additional)
Danna Rosenberg (additional)
Gabriel Samach (additional)
Adam P. Sears (additional)
Steven J. Weber (additional)
Jonilyn L. Yoder (additional)
John Clarke (additional)
Andrew J. Kerman (additional)
Fumiki Yoshihara (additional)
Yasunobu Nakamura (additional)
Terry P. Orlando (additional)
William D. Oliver (additional)

References 36 Referenced 98

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Created	8 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 8, 2016, 10:41 p.m.)
Deposited	1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 15, 2024, 11:29 a.m.)
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Issued	8 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 23, 2016)
Published	8 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 23, 2016)
Published Print	8 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 23, 2016)

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BibTeX

@article{Gustavsson_2016, title={Suppressing relaxation in superconducting qubits by quasiparticle pumping}, volume={354}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aah5844}, DOI={10.1126/science.aah5844}, number={6319}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Gustavsson, Simon and Yan, Fei and Catelani, Gianluigi and Bylander, Jonas and Kamal, Archana and Birenbaum, Jeffrey and Hover, David and Rosenberg, Danna and Samach, Gabriel and Sears, Adam P. and Weber, Steven J. and Yoder, Jonilyn L. and Clarke, John and Kerman, Andrew J. and Yoshihara, Fumiki and Nakamura, Yasunobu and Orlando, Terry P. and Oliver, William D.}, year={2016}, month=dec, pages={1573–1577} }

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