This work presents a computational analysis of a superconducting transmon qubit design, in which the superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) Josephson junction is replaced by a co-planar, superconductor-constriction-superconductor (ScS) nanobridge junction. Within the scope of Ginzburg-Landau theory, we find that the nanobridge ScS transmon has an improved charge dispersion compared to the SIS transmon, with a tradeoff of smaller anharmonicity. These calculations provide a framework for estimating the superconductor material properties and junction dimensions compatible with gigahertz frequency ScS transmon operation.
@article{arxiv.2301.04276,
title = {Performance Analysis of Superconductor-constriction-Superconductor Transmon Qubits},
author = {Mingzhao Liu and Charles T. Black},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.04276},
year = {2024}
}