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    Multi-junction effects in dc SQUID phase qubits

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    2013
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    Cooper, Benjamin Kevin
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    Wellstood, Frederick C
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    Abstract
    I discuss experimental and theoretical results on an LC filtered dc SQUID phase qubit. This qubit is an asymmetric aluminum dc SQUID, with junction critical currents 1.5 and 26.8 &mu;A, on a sapphire substrate. The layout differs from earlier designs by incorporating a superconducting ground plane and weakly coupled coplanar waveguide microwave drive line to control microwave-qubit coupling. I begin with a discussion of quantizing lumped element circuit models. I use nodal analysis to construct a 2d model for the dc SQUID phase qubit that goes beyond a single junction approximation. I then discuss an extension of this ``normal modes'' SQUID model to include the on-chip LC filter with design frequency &sim; 180 MHz. I show that the filter plus SQUID model yields an effective Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian for the filter-SQUID system with coupling g / 2 &pi; &sim; 32 MHz. I present the qubit design, including a noise model predicting a lifetime T<sub>1</sub> = 1.2 &mu;s for the qubit based on the design parameters. I characterized the qubit with measurements of the current-flux characteristic, spectroscopy, and Rabi oscillations. I measured T<sub>1</sub> = 230 ns, close to the value 320 ns given by the noise model using the measured parameters. Rabi oscillations show a pure dephasing time T<sub>&phi;</sub> = 1100 ns. The spectroscopic and Rabi data suggest two-level qubit dynamics are inadequate for describing the system. I show that the effective Jaynes-Cummings model reproduces some of the unusual features.
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