Enhancing the coherence of superconducting quantum bits with electric fields
Abstract In the endeavor to make quantum computers a reality, integrated superconducting circuits have become a promising architecture. A major challenge of this approach is decoherence originating from spurious atomic tunneling defects at the interfaces of qubit electrodes, which may resonantly abs...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-01-01
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| Series: | npj Quantum Information |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-023-00678-9 |
| Summary: | Abstract In the endeavor to make quantum computers a reality, integrated superconducting circuits have become a promising architecture. A major challenge of this approach is decoherence originating from spurious atomic tunneling defects at the interfaces of qubit electrodes, which may resonantly absorb energy from the qubit’s oscillating electric field and reduce the qubit’s energy relaxation time T 1. Here, we show that qubit coherence can be improved by tuning dominating defects away from the qubit resonance using an applied DC-electric field. We demonstrate a method that optimizes the applied field bias and enhances the average qubit T 1 time by 23%. We also discuss how local gate electrodes can be implemented in superconducting quantum processors to enable simultaneous in situ coherence optimization of individual qubits. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-6387 |