Materials challenges and opportunities for quantum computing hardware

NP De Leon, KM Itoh, D Kim, KK Mehta, TE Northup… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND The past two decades have seen intense efforts aimed at building quantum
computing hardware with the potential to solve problems that are intractable on classical …

Engineering high-coherence superconducting qubits

I Siddiqi - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Advances in materials science and engineering have played a central role in the
development of classical computers and will undoubtedly be critical in propelling the …

[HTML][HTML] New material platform for superconducting transmon qubits with coherence times exceeding 0.3 milliseconds

APM Place, LVH Rodgers, P Mundada… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The superconducting transmon qubit is a leading platform for quantum computing and
quantum science. Building large, useful quantum systems based on transmon qubits will …

Disentangling losses in tantalum superconducting circuits

KD Crowley, RA McLellan, A Dutta, N Shumiya… - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
Superconducting qubits are a leading system for realizing large-scale quantum processors,
but overall gate fidelities suffer from coherence times limited by microwave dielectric loss …

Nanomaterials for quantum information science and engineering

A Alfieri, SB Anantharaman, H Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum information science and engineering (QISE)—which entails the use of quantum
mechanical states for information processing, communications, and sensing—and the area …

[HTML][HTML] Realizing quantum convolutional neural networks on a superconducting quantum processor to recognize quantum phases

J Herrmann, SM Llima, A Remm, P Zapletal… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Quantum computing crucially relies on the ability to efficiently characterize the quantum
states output by quantum hardware. Conventional methods which probe these states …

Two-level-system dynamics in a superconducting qubit due to background ionizing radiation

T Thorbeck, A Eddins, I Lauer, DT McClure, M Carroll - PRX Quantum, 2023 - APS
Superconducting qubit lifetimes must be both long and stable to provide an adequate
foundation for quantum computing. This stability is imperiled by two-level systems (TLSs) …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of superconducting qubit relaxation times

M Carroll, S Rosenblatt, P Jurcevic, I Lauer… - npj Quantum …, 2022 - nature.com
Superconducting qubits are a leading candidate for quantum computing but display
temporal fluctuations in their energy relaxation times T 1. This introduces instabilities in multi …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigation of interfacial dielectric loss in aluminum-on-silicon superconducting qubits

J Biznárová, A Osman, E Rehnman… - npj Quantum …, 2024 - nature.com
We demonstrate aluminum-on-silicon planar transmon qubits with time-averaged T 1 energy
relaxation times of up to 270 μs, corresponding to Q= 5 million, and a highest observed …

Material matters in superconducting qubits

CE Murray - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The progress witnessed within the field of quantum computing has been enabled by the
identification and understanding of interactions between the state of the quantum bit (qubit) …