Fluxonium: Single Cooper-Pair Circuit Free of Charge Offsets Export

@article{ManKocGla09, abstract = {The promise of single Cooper-pair quantum circuits based on tunnel junctions for metrology and quantum information applications is severely limited by the influence of offset charges: random, slowly drifting microscopic charges inherent in many solid-state systems. By shunting a small junction with the Josephson kinetic inductance of a series array of large-capacitance tunnel junctions, thereby ensuring that all superconducting islands are connected to the circuit by at least one large junction, we have realized a new superconducting artificial atom that is totally insensitive to offset charges. Yet its energy levels manifest the anharmonic structure associated with single Cooper-pair effects, a useful component for solid-state quantum computation. 10.1126/science.1175552}, author = {Manucharyan, Vladimir E. and Koch, Jens and Glazman, Leonid I. and Devoret, Michel H.}, citeulike-article-id = {5956213}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1175552}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/326/5949/113.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/326/5949/113.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19797655}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19797655}, day = {2}, doi = {10.1126/science.1175552}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {quantum-hardware, quantum\_computing, quantum\_information}, month = {October}, number = {5949}, pages = {113--116}, posted-at = {2009-10-17 17:25:21}, priority = {2}, title = {Fluxonium: Single Cooper-Pair Circuit Free of Charge Offsets}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1175552}, volume = {326}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - ManKocGla09 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5956213 N2 - The promise of single Cooper-pair quantum circuits based on tunnel junctions for metrology and quantum information applications is severely limited by the influence of offset charges: random, slowly drifting microscopic charges inherent in many solid-state systems. By shunting a small junction with the Josephson kinetic inductance of a series array of large-capacitance tunnel junctions, thereby ensuring that all superconducting islands are connected to the circuit by at least one large junction, we have realized a new superconducting artificial atom that is totally insensitive to offset charges. Yet its energy levels manifest the anharmonic structure associated with single Cooper-pair effects, a useful component for solid-state quantum computation. 10.1126/science.1175552 IS - 5949 JF - Science EP - 116 TI - Fluxonium: Single Cooper-Pair Circuit Free of Charge Offsets VL - 326 SP - 113 KW - quantum-hardware KW - quantum_computing KW - quantum_information AU - Manucharyan, Vladimir AU - Koch, Jens AU - Glazman, Leonid AU - Devoret, Michel PY - 2009/10/02/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1175552 ER -