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Large scale quantum computers will consist of many interacting qubits. In this paper we expand the two flux qubit coupling scheme first devised in [Phys. Rev. B {\bf 70}, 140501 (2004)] and realized in [Science {\bf 314}, 1427 (2006)] to a…
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We describe a mechanism for realizing a controlled phase gate for solid-state charge qubits. By augmenting the positionally defined qubit with an auxiliary state, and changing the charge distribution in the three-dot system, we are able to…
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We establish theoretical bounds on qubit detuning for high fidelity controlled-NOT logic gate implementations with weakly coupled Josephson phase qubits. It is found that the value of qubit detuning during the entangling pulses must not…
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