Quasiparticles in Superconducting Qubits with Asymmetric Junctions

Designing the spatial profile of the superconducting gap—gap engineering—has long been recognized as an effective way of controlling quasiparticles in superconducting devices. In aluminum films, their thickness modulates the gap; therefore, standard fabrication of Al/AlO_{x}/Al Josephson junctions,...

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Main Authors: Giampiero Marchegiani, Luigi Amico, Gianluigi Catelani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2022-12-01
Series:PRX Quantum
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PRXQuantum.3.040338