Josephson-phase qubit without tunneling

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Amin, M H S ^a   Smirnov, A Yu ^a   Maassen van den Brink, Alec ^a  

^a D WAVE SYSTEMS INC   (Canada)

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ARTICLE; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0037741961     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.100508     Document Type: Article

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