Minimizing the linewidth of the Flux-Flow Oscillator

For the first time the linewidth of Flux-Flow Oscillator has been calculated by direct computer simulation of the sine-Gordon equation with noise. Nearly perfect agreement of the numerical results with the formula derived in [Phys. Rev. B, {\bf 65}, 054504 (2002)] has been achieved. It has been demonstrated that for homogeneous bias current distribution the linewidth actually does not depend on the junction length for practically interesting parameters range. Depending on the length of the unbiased tail, the power may be maximized and the linewidth may be minimized in a broad range of bias currents. The linewidth can be decreased further by 1.5 times by proper load matching.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figure

Fine tuning of phase qubit parameters for optimization of fast single-pulse readout

We analyze a two-level quantum system, describing the phase qubit, during a single-pulse readout process by a numerical solution of the time-dependent Schroedinger equation. It has been demonstrated that the readout error has a minimum for certain values of the system`s basic parameters. In particular, the optimization of the qubit capacitance and the readout pulse shape leads to significant reduction of the readout error. It is shown that in an ideal case the fidelity can be increased to almost 97% for 2 ns pulse duration and to 96% for 1 ns pulse duration.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure

Optimal fast single pulse readout of qubits

The computer simulations of the process of single pulse readout from the flux-biased phase qubit is performed in the frame of one-dimensional Schroedinger equation. It has been demonstrated that the readout error can be minimized by choosing the optimal pulse duration and the depth of a potential well, leading to the fidelity of 0.94 for 2ns and 0.965 for 12ns sinusoidal pulses.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figure

Lifetime of the superconductive state in short and long Josephson junctions

We study the transient statistical properties of short and long Josephson junctions under the influence of thermal and correlated fluctuations. In particular, we investigate the lifetime of the superconductive metastable state finding the presence of noise induced phenomena. For short Josephson junctions we investigate the lifetime as a function both of the frequency of the current driving signal and the noise intensity and we find how these noise-induced effects are modified by the presence of a correlated noise source. For long Josephson junctions we integrate numerically the sine-Gordon equation calculating the lifetime as a function of the length of the junction both for inhomogeneous and homogeneous bias current distributions. We obtain a nonmonotonic behavior of the lifetime as a function of the frequency of the current driving signal and the correlation time of the noise. Moreover we find two maxima in the nonmonotonic behaviour of the mean escape time as a function of the correlated noise intensity.Comment: 12 pages, 9 figure