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Flux-noise-resilient transmon qubit via a doubly-connected gradiometric design

Quantum Physics 2026-01-06 v1

Abstract

Frequency-tunable superconducting transmon qubits are a cornerstone of scalable quantum processors, yet their performance is often degraded by sensitivity to low-frequency flux noise. Here we present a doubly-connected gradiometric transmon (the ``8-mon") that incorporates a nano-airbridge to link its two loops. This design preserves full electrical tunability and remains fully compatible with standard X-mon control and readout, requiring no additional measurement overhead. The airbridge interconnect eliminates dielectric loss, which enables the 8-mon to achieve both energy relaxation times T1T_{\rm 1} comparable to reference X-mons and, in the small flux-bias regime, a nearly threefold enhancement in Ramsey coherence time T2T_{\rm 2}^*. This improved T2T_{\rm 2}^* reaches the same order as T1T_{\rm 1} without employing echo decoupling. The device also exhibits superior long-term frequency stability even without any magnetic field shielding. We develop a spatially correlated flux-noise model whose simulations quantitatively reproduce the experimental coherence trends, revealing the coexistence of short- and long-correlation-length magnetic noise in the superconducting chip environment. By unifying high tunability with intrinsic flux-noise suppression through a robust geometric design, the 8-mon provides a practical pathway toward more coherent and stable superconducting quantum processors.

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@article{arxiv.2601.02137,
  title  = {Flux-noise-resilient transmon qubit via a doubly-connected gradiometric design},
  author = {J. B. Fu and Da-Wei Wang and B. Ren and Z. H. Yang and S. Hu and G. Y. Huang and S. H. Cao and D. D. Liu and X. F. Zhang and X. Fu and S. C. Xue and Y. G. Che and Yu-xi Liu and M. T. Deng and J. J. Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.02137},
  year   = {2026}
}

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16 pages, 10 figures,