Coherent quantum dynamics of a superconducting flux qubit

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5614, 2003, Pages 1869-1871

  Chiorescu, I ^a   Nakamura, Y ^a,b   Harmans, C J P M ^a   Mooij, J E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES; OSCILLATIONS; RESONANCE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SWITCHING;

SOLID-STATE QUANTUM COMPUTING;

QUANTUM THEORY;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRICITY; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLID STATE;

EID: 0037459348     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1081045     Document Type: Article

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22. We thank R. N. Schouten, J. B. Majer, A. Lupascu, and K. Semba for experimental help and discussion; D. Esteve and C. Urbina for valuable input; and D. Vion, A. Aassime, C. H, van der Wal, A. C. J. ter Haar, T. Orlando, S. Lloyd, M. Grifoni, F. K. Wilhelm, L. Vandersypen, and P. C. E. Stamp for fruitful discussions. Supported by the Dutch Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM), the European Union SQUBIT project, and the U.S. Army Research Office (grant DAAD 19-00-1-0548).