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Josephson Qubits as Probes of 1/f Noise

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Quantum mechanical manipulations (“quantum state engineering”) of solid-state systems is one of the most rapidly developing areas of research. Substantial progress has been achieved with superconducting circuits based on Josephson junctions. Solid-state building blocks of quantum computers have the advantages that they can be switched quickly, and they can be integrated into electronic control and measuring circuits. Strong coupling to the external circuits and other parts of the environment brings with it the problem of noise and, thus, decoherence. Therefore, the study of sources of decoherence is necessary. On the other hand, the Josephson qubits have found their first application as sensitive spectrometers of the surrounding noise.

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Festkörperphysik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Alexander Shnirman & Gerd Schön

  2. Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, 87545, NM, USA

    Ivar Martin

  3. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kosygin st. 2, 119334, Moscow, Russia

    Yuriy Makhlin

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  2. DFG - Centrum für, Funktionelle Nanostrukturen (CFN), Universität Karlsruhe, Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1, Karlsruhe, 76131, Germany

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Shnirman, A., Schön, G., Martin, I., Makhlin, Y. (2010). Josephson Qubits as Probes of 1/f Noise. In: Vojta, M., Röthig, C., Schön, G. (eds) CFN Lectures on Functional Nanostructures - Volume 2. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 820. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14376-2_4

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