The functionalization of quantum devices to increase their performance and extend their fields of application is an extremely active research area. One of the most promising approaches is to replace aluminum with more performant materials. Within this context, van der Waals (vdW) materials are ideal candidates since they would allow to embed their unique properties into qubits. However, the realization of qubits based on vdW materials other than graphene is yet to be achieved. In this work we present a weakly anharmonic NbSe2 qubit. Our device exhibits a relaxation time T1 = 6.5 +\- 0.4 us which is roughly 2 orders of magnitude larger of other vdW qubits in addition to robustness to photon noise up to 5-10 thermal photons. Our work serves as a demonstrator of the advantage of integration of vdW materials into quantum technologies as well as serving as the first step toward the application of quantum non demolition photon detection protocols in the challenging field of dark matter search.
@article{arxiv.2509.17160,
title = {Coherent oscillations in weakly anharmonic NbSe2 qubit},
author = {A. DElia and F. Chiarello and D. Di Gioacchino and A. S. Piedjou Komnang and A. Giachero and C. Ligi and G. Maccarrone and F. Mattioli and C. Pira and A. Rettaroli and J. Rezvani and S. Tocci and C. Gatti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.17160},
year = {2025}
}