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We introduce an efficient tensor network toolbox to compute the low-energy excitations of large-scale superconducting quantum circuits up to a desired accuracy. We benchmark this algorithm on the fluxonium qubit, a superconducting quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-26 Agustin Di Paolo , Thomas E. Baker , Alexandre Foley , David Sénéchal , Alexandre Blais

We present a technique for integrating ultraclean carbon nanotubes into superconducting circuits, aiming to realize Josephson junctions based on one-dimensional elementary quantum conductors. This technique primarily involves depositing the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-13 S. Annabi , E. Arrighi , A. Peugeot , H. Riechert , J. Griesmar , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , L. Bretheau , J. -D. Pillet

Quantum bits, or qubits, are an example of coherent circuits envisioned for next-generation computers and detectors. A robust superconducting qubit with a coherent lifetime of $O$(100 $\mu$s) is the transmon: a Josephson junction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-11 J. M. Kreikebaum , K. P. O'Brien , A. Morvan , I. Siddiqi

Implementing embedded neural network processing at the edge requires efficient hardware acceleration that couples high computational performance with low power consumption. Driven by the rapid evolution of network architectures and their…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-25 Petar Jokic , Erfan Azarkhish , Andrea Bonetti , Marc Pons , Stephane Emery , Luca Benini

Josephson tunnel junctions are proposed as efficient phase-tunable thermal rectifiers. The latter exploit the strong temperature dependence of the superconducting density of states and phase-dependence of heat currents flowing through…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-20 M. J. Martinez-Perez , F. Giazotto

The energy efficiency of neuromorphic hardware is greatly affected by the energy of storing, accessing, and updating synaptic parameters. Various methods of memory organisation targeting energy-efficient digital accelerators have been…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-03-27 Clemens JS Schaefer , Patrick Faley , Emre O Neftci , Siddharth Joshi

Josephson tunnel junctions are the centerpiece of almost any superconducting electronic circuit, including qubits. Typically, the junctions for qubits are fabricated using shadow evaporation techniques to reduce dielectric loss…

Josephson junctions (JJ) are a fundamental component of microwave quantum circuits, such as tunable cavities, qubits and parametric amplifiers. Recently developed encapsulated graphene JJs, with supercurrents extending over micron distance…

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Superconducting circuits for quantum information processing are often described theoretically in terms of a discrete charge, or equivalently, a compact phase/flux, at each node in the circuit. Here we revisit the consequences of lifting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-09 Dat Thanh Le , Jared H. Cole , T. M. Stace

We analyze the coupling of two flux qubits with a general many-body projector into the low-energy subspace. Specifically, we extract the effective Hamiltonians that controls the dynamics of two qubits when they are coupled via a capacitor…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-03 María Hita-Pérez , Gabriel Jaumà , Manuel Pino , Juan José García-Ripoll

We test the effect of an external RF field on the switching processes of magnetic Josephson junctions (MJJs) suitable for the realization of fast, scalable cryogenic memories compatible with Single Flux Quantum logic. We show that the…

Quantum computers are emerging as a promising new technology due to their ability to solve complex problems that exceed the capabilities of classical systems in terms of time. Among various implementations, superconducting qubits have…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-20 Pedro Ramos , Marco Pezzutto , Yasser Omar

Superconducting microwave cavities with ultra-high Q-factors are revolutionizing the field of quantum computing, offering long coherence times exceeding 1 ms, which is critical for realizing scalable multi-qubit quantum systems with low…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-20 Alex Krasnok , Pashupati Dhakal , Arkady Fedorov , Pedro Frigola , Michael Kelly , Sergey Kutsaev

Superconductor qubits typically use aluminum-aluminum oxide tunnel junctions to provide the non-linear inductance. Junctions with semiconductor barriers make it possible to vary the superconductor material and explore beyond aluminum. We…

The nonlinear inductance of the Josephson junction has enabled the development of a wide range of continuous-variable amplifiers and qubit-based devices with unprecedented sensitivity. We present an alternative use of the Josephson junction…

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Existing binary Transformers are promising in edge deployment due to their compact model size, low computational complexity, and considerable inference accuracy. However, deploying binary Transformers faces challenges on prior processors…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Yuhao Ji , Chao Fang , Zhongfeng Wang

We report superconducting fluxonium qubits with coherence times largely limited by energy relaxation and reproducibly satisfying T2 > 100 microseconds (T2 > 300 microseconds in one device). Moreover, given the state of the art values of the…

Superconducting quantum circuits provide a versatile platform for studying quantum materials by leveraging precise microwave control and utilizing the tools of circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED). Hybrid circuit devices incorporating…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-24 Sheng-Wen Huang , Ramya Suresh , Jian Liao , Botao Du , Zachary Miles , Leonid P. Rokhinson , Yong P. Chen , Ruichao Ma

Superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs), single flux-quantum (SFQ) logic circuits, and quantum Josephson junction circuits have been developed into a family of superconductor integrated circuit, and are widely applied for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-08-04 Yongliang Wang

In his original work Josephson predicted that a phase-dependent conductance should be present in superconducting tunnel junctions, an effect difficult to detect, mainly because it is hard to single it out from the usual non-dissipative…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-09-29 Sebastiano Peotta , Massimiliano Di Ventra