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Rabi oscillations in a superconducting nanowire circuit

Superconductivity 2020-03-17 v3 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

We investigate the circuit quantum electrodynamics of anharmonic superconducting nanowire oscillators. The sample circuit consists of a capacitively shunted nanowire with a width of about 20 nm and a varying length up to 350 nm, capacitively coupled to an on-chip resonator. By applying microwave pulses we observe Rabi oscillations, measure coherence times and the anharmonicity of the circuit. Despite the very compact design, simple top-down fabrication and high degree of disorder in the oxidized (granular) aluminum material used, we observe lifetimes in the microsecond range.

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@article{arxiv.1907.04107,
  title  = {Rabi oscillations in a superconducting nanowire circuit},
  author = {Yannick Schön and Jan Nicolas Voss and Micha Wildermuth and Andre Schneider and Sebastian T. Skacel and Martin P. Weides and Jared H. Cole and Hannes Rotzinger and Alexey V. Ustinov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.04107},
  year   = {2020}
}