77 research outputs found
Decoherence in a Josephson junction qubit
The zero-voltage state of a Josephson junction biased with constant current
consists of a set of metastable quantum energy levels. We probe the spacings of
these levels by using microwave spectroscopy to enhance the escape rate to the
voltage state. The widths of the resonances give a measurement of the coherence
time of the two states involved in the transitions. We observe a decoherence
time shorter than that expected from dissipation alone in resonantly isolated
20 um x 5 um Al/AlOx/Al junctions at 60 mK. The data is well fit by a model
including dephasing effects of both low-frequency current noise and the escape
rate to the continuum voltage states. We discuss implications for quantum
computation using current-biased Josephson junction qubits, including the
minimum number of levels needed in the well to obtain an acceptable error limit
per gate.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figure
Quantum escape of the phase in a strongly driven Josephson junction
A quantum mechanical analysis of the Josephson phase escape in the presence
of both dc and ac bias currents is presented. We find that the potential
barrier for the escape of the phase is effectively suppressed as the resonant
condition occurs, i.e. when the frequency of the ac bias matches the
Josephson junction energy level separation. This effect manifests itself by a
pronounced drop in the dependence of the switching current on the power
of the applied microwave radiation and by a peculiar double-peak structure
in the switching current distribution . The developed theory is in a
good accord with an experiment which we also report in this paper. The obtained
features can be used to characterize certain aspects of the quantum-mechanical
behavior of the Josephson phase, such as the energy level quantization, the
Rabi frequency of coherent oscillations and the effect of damping.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Physical Review B (Rapid
Communication
Illusory Decoherence
If a quantum experiment includes random processes, then the results of
repeated measurements can appear consistent with irreversible decoherence even
if the system's evolution prior to measurement was reversible and unitary. Two
thought experiments are constructed as examples.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figure
Charge Transport in Voltage-Biased Superconducting Single-Electron Transistors
Charge is transported through superconducting SSS single-electron transistors
at finite bias voltages by a combination of coherent Cooper-pair tunneling and
quasiparticle tunneling. At low transport voltages the effect of an ``odd''
quasiparticle in the island leads to a -periodic dependence of the current
on the gate charge. We evaluate the characteristic in the framework of a
model which accounts for these effects as well as for the influence of the
electromagnetic environment. The good agreement between our model calculation
and experimental results demonstrates the importance of coherent Cooper-pair
tunneling and parity effects.Comment: RevTeX, 12 pages, 4 figure
Coherent dynamics of a Josephson charge qubit
We have fabricated a Josephson charge qubit by capacitively coupling a
single-Cooper-pair box (SCB) to an electrometer based upon a single-electron
transistor configured for radio-frequency readout (RF-SET). Charge quantization
of 2e is observed and microwave spectroscopy is used to extract the Josephson
and charging energies of the box. We perform coherent manipulation of the SCB
by using very fast DC pulses and observe quantum oscillations in time of the
charge that persist to ~=10ns. The observed contrast of the oscillations is
high and agrees with that expected from the finite E_J/E_C ratio and finite
rise-time of the DC pulses. In addition, we are able to demonstrate nearly 100%
initial charge state polarization. We also present a method to determine the
relaxation time T_1 when it is shorter than the measurement time T_{meas}.Comment: accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Decoherence of a Superposition of Macroscopic Current States in a SQUID
We show that fundamental conservation laws mandate parameter-free mechanisms
of decoherence of quantum oscillations of the superconducting current between
opposite directions in a SQUID -- emission of phonons and photons at the
oscillation frequency. The corresponding rates are computed and compared with
experimental findings. The decohering effects of external mechanical and
magnetic noise are investigated
An Analysis of Mutual Communication between Qubits by Capacitive Coupling
A behavior of a two qubit system coupled by the electric capacitance has been
studied quantum mechanically. We found that the interaction is essentially the
same as the one for the dipole-dipole interaction; i.e., qubit-qubit coupling
of the NMR quantum gate. Therefore a quantum gate could be constructed by the
same operation sequence for the NMR device if the coupling is small enough. The
result gives an information to the effort of development of the devices
assuming capacitive coupling between qubits.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures Revised and Replaced on Apr. 8 200
Single-shot measurement of the Josephson charge qubit
We demonstrate single-shot readout of quantum states of the Josephson charge
qubit. The quantum bits are transformed into and stored as classical bits
(charge quanta) in a dynamic memory cell - a superconducting island. The
transformation of state |1> (differing form state |0> by an extra Cooper pair)
is a result of a controllable quasiparticle tunneling to the island. The charge
is then detected by a conventional single-electron transistor,
electrostatically decoupled from the qubit. We study relaxation dynamics in the
system and obtain the readout efficiency of 87% and 93% for |1> and |0> states,
respectively.Comment: submitted to Rapid Communications of Phys. Rev. B (february 2004
Tunneling Time Distribution by means of Nelson's Quantum Mechanics and Wave-Particle Duality
We calculate a tunneling time distribution by means of Nelson's quantum
mechanics and investigate its statistical properties. The relationship between
the average and deviation of tunneling time suggests the exsistence of
``wave-particle duality'' in the tunneling phenomena.Comment: 14 pages including 11 figures, the text has been revise
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