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Charge qubits formed in double quantum dots represent quintessential two-level systems that enjoy both ease of control and efficient readout. Unfortunately, charge noise can cause rapid decoherence, with typical single-qubit gate fidelities…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-11 Yuan-Chi Yang , S. N. Coppersmith , Mark Friesen

We introduce a novel stochastic model for charge noise in superconducting charge qubits based on memory multi-fractional Brownian motion (mmfBm), capable of capturing non-stationary and long-memory effects. This framework reproduces key…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-29 Mahboob Ul Haq

An extensive investigation of low frequency noise in single electron transistors as a function of gain is presented. Comparing the output noise with gain for a large number of bias points, it is found that the noise is dominated by external…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-31 B. Starmark , Torsten Henning , A. N. Korotkov , T. Claeson , P. Delsing

We have operated a quantum point contact (QPC) charge detector in a radio frequency (RF) mode that allows fast charge detection in a bandwidth of tens of megahertz. We find that the charge sensitivity of the RF-QPC is limited not by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-08-08 Madhu Thalakulam , W. W. Xue , Feng Pan , Z. Ji , J. Stettenheim , Loren Pfeiffer , K. W. West , A. J. Rimberg

We present an experimental realization of the transmon qubit, an improved superconducting charge qubit derived from the Cooper pair box. We experimentally verify the predicted exponential suppression of sensitivity to 1/f charge noise [J.…

We present measurements of 1/f frequency noise in both linear and Josephson-junction-embedded superconducting aluminum resonators in the low power, low temperature regime - typical operating conditions for superconducting qubits. The…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-03 K. W. Murch , S. J. Weber , E. M. Levenson-Falk , R. Vijay , I. Siddiqi

Critical current fluctuations with a 1/ f spectral density (f is frequency) are potentially a limiting source of intrinsic decoherence in superconducting quantum bits (qubits) based on Josephson tunnel junctions. Prior measurements of this…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Michael Mueck , Matthias Korn , C. G. A. Mugford , J. B. Kycia , John Clarke

Quantum mechanics can strongly influence the noise properties of mesoscopic devices. To probe this effect we have measured the current fluctuations at high-frequency (5-90G Hz) using a superconductor-insulator-superconductor tunnel junction…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Deblock , E. Onac , L. Gurevich , L. P. Kouwenhoven

To verify the hypothesis about the common origin of the low frequency 1/f noise and the quantum f noise recently measured in the Josephson charge qubits, we study temperature dependence of the 1/f noise and decay of coherent oscillations.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 O. Astafiev , Yu. A. Pashkin , Y. Nakamura , T. Yamamoto , J. S. Tsai

We have spectroscopically measured the energy level separation of a superconducting charge qubit coupled non-resonantly to a single mode of the electromagnetic field of a superconducting on-chip resonator. The strong coupling leads to large…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. I. Schuster , A. Wallraff , A. Blais , L. Frunzio , R. -S. Huang , J. Majer , S. M. Girvin , R. J. Schoelkopf

Charge noise is a major obstacle to improved gate fidelities in silicon spin qubits. Numerous methods exist to mitigate charge noise, including improving device fabrication, dynamical decoupling, and real-time parameter estimation. In this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-01 Feiyang Ye , Ammar Ellaboudy , John M. Nichol

Charge noise can be detrimental to the operation of quantum dot (QD) based semiconductor qubits. We study the low-frequency charge noise by charge offset drift measurements for Si-MOS devices with intentionally implanted donors near the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-25 Martin Rudolph , Bahman Sarabi , Roy Murray , Malcolm S. Carrol , Neil M. Zimmerman

Transmon qubits fabricated with tantalum metal have been shown to possess energy relaxation times greater than 300 $\mu$s and, as such, present an attractive platform for high precision, correlated noise studies across multiple higher…

We investigate low-frequency noise in a spin-qubit device made in isotopically purified Si/Si-Ge. Observing sizable cross-correlations among energy fluctuations of different qubits, we conclude that these fluctuations are dominated by…

We study the decoherence effect of charge noise on a single flip-flop qubit and two dipole-coupled qubits. We find that a single flip-flop qubit is highly resistant to charge noise at its sweet spots. However, due to the proximity of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-16 John Truong , Xuedong Hu

We have studied the impact of low-frequency magnetic flux noise upon superconducting transmon qubits with various levels of tunability. We find that qubits with weaker tunability exhibit dephasing that is less sensitive to flux noise. This…

The performance and scalability of semiconductor quantum-dot (QD) qubits are limited by electrostatic drift and charge noise that shift operating points and destabilize qubit parameters. As systems expand to large one- and two-dimensional…

We study the charge noise $S_Q$ in Josephson qubits produced by fluctuating two level systems (TLS) with electric dipole moments in the substrate. The TLS are driven by an alternating electric field of angular frequency $\Omega$ and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Magdalena Constantin , Clare C. Yu , John M. Martinis

Slow fluctuations of a qubit frequency are one of the major problems faced by quantum computers. To understand their origin it is necessary to go beyond the analysis of their spectra. We show that characteristic features of the fluctuations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-11 Filip Wudarski , Yaxing Zhang , M. I. Dykman

We measure frequency- and dissipation-quadrature noise in superconducting lithographed microwave resonators with sensitivity near the vacuum noise level using a Josephson parametric amplifier. At an excitation power of 100~nW, these…