[HTML][HTML] A quantum engineer's guide to superconducting qubits

P Krantz, M Kjaergaard, F Yan, TP Orlando… - Applied physics …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The aim of this review is to provide quantum engineers with an introductory guide to the
central concepts and challenges in the rapidly accelerating field of superconducting …

Thermal and residual excited-state population in a 3D transmon qubit

XY Jin, A Kamal, AP Sears, T Gudmundsen, D Hover… - Physical Review Letters, 2015 - APS
Remarkable advancements in coherence and control fidelity have been achieved in recent
years with cryogenic solid-state qubits. Nonetheless, thermalizing such devices to their …

Parity-symmetry-breaking quantum phase transition via parametric drive in a cavity magnonic system

GQ Zhang, Z Chen, W Xiong, CH Lam, JQ You - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We study the parity-symmetry-breaking quantum phase transition (QPT) in a cavity
magnonic system driven by a parametric field, where the magnons in a ferrimagnetic yttrium …

Diamond-based microwave quantum amplifier

A Sherman, O Zgadzai, B Koren, I Peretz, E Laster… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Amplification of weak microwave signals with minimal added noise is of importance to
science and technology. Artificial quantum systems, based on superconducting circuits, can …

Measuring a Topological Transition in an Artificial Spin- System

MD Schroer, MH Kolodrubetz, WF Kindel, M Sandberg… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
We present measurements of a topological property, the Chern number (C 1), of a closed
manifold in the space of two-level system Hamiltonians, where the two-level system is …

Single-shot read-out of a superconducting qubit using a Josephson parametric oscillator

P Krantz, A Bengtsson, M Simoen, S Gustavsson… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
We propose and demonstrate a read-out technique for a superconducting qubit by
dispersively coupling it with a Josephson parametric oscillator. We employ a tunable quarter …

High-gain weakly nonlinear flux-modulated Josephson parametric amplifier using a SQUID array

X Zhou, V Schmitt, P Bertet, D Vion, W Wustmann… - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
We have developed and measured a high-gain quantum-limited microwave parametric
amplifier based on a superconducting lumped LC resonator with the inductor L including an …

Josephson directional amplifier for quantum measurement of superconducting circuits

B Abdo, K Sliwa, S Shankar, M Hatridge, L Frunzio… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
We realize a microwave quantum-limited amplifier that is directional and can therefore
function without the front circulator needed in many quantum measurements. The …

Broadband SNAIL parametric amplifier with microstrip impedance transformer

D Ezenkova, D Moskalev, N Smirnov, A Ivanov… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Josephson parametric amplifiers are an important part of a modern superconducting
quantum computing platform and squeezed quantum states generation devices. Traveling …

Josephson parametric phase-locked oscillator and its application to dispersive readout of superconducting qubits

ZR Lin, K Inomata, K Koshino, WD Oliver… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The parametric phase-locked oscillator (PPLO) is a class of frequency-conversion device,
originally based on a nonlinear element such as a ferrite ring, that served as a fundamental …