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Superconducting quantum bits

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  • John Clarke

    (University of California
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road)

  • Frank K. Wilhelm

    (Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West)

Abstract

Superconducting circuits are macroscopic in size but have generic quantum properties such as quantized energy levels, superposition of states, and entanglement, all of which are more commonly associated with atoms. Superconducting quantum bits (qubits) form the key component of these circuits. Their quantum state is manipulated by using electromagnetic pulses to control the magnetic flux, the electric charge or the phase difference across a Josephson junction (a device with nonlinear inductance and no energy dissipation). As such, superconducting qubits are not only of considerable fundamental interest but also might ultimately form the primitive building blocks of quantum computers.

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  • John Clarke & Frank K. Wilhelm, 2008. "Superconducting quantum bits," Nature, Nature, vol. 453(7198), pages 1031-1042, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:453:y:2008:i:7198:d:10.1038_nature07128
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07128
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    1. Ramadoss, Janarthanan & Ngongiah, Isidore Komofor & Chamgoué, André Chéagé & Kingni, Sifeu Takougang & Rajagopal, Karthikeyan, 2023. "Fractal resistive–capacitive–inductive shunted Josephson junction: Theoretical investigation and microcontroller implementation," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 611(C).
    2. Rishabh Upadhyay & Dmitry S. Golubev & Yu-Cheng Chang & George Thomas & Andrew Guthrie & Joonas T. Peltonen & Jukka P. Pekola, 2024. "Microwave quantum diode," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Li, Wenlin & Li, Chong & Song, Heshan, 2016. "Realization of quantum information processing in quantum star network constituted by superconducting hybrid systems," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 463(C), pages 427-436.
    4. Sitan Chen & Jordan Cotler & Hsin-Yuan Huang & Jerry Li, 2023. "The complexity of NISQ," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-6, December.
    5. Abdel-Khalek, S. & Berrada, K. & Aldaghfag, Shatha A., 2021. "Quantum correlations and non-classical properties for two superconducting qubits interacting with a quantized field in the context of deformed Heisenberg algebra," Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Elsevier, vol. 143(C).

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