Engineering decoherence in Josephson persistent-current qubits Measurement apparatus and other electromagnetic environments

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-124

  Van Der Wal, C H ^a,b   Wilhelm, F K ^a,c   Harmans, C J P M ^a   Mooij, J E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RELAXATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SQUIDS;

DEPHASING STATE; ELECTROMAGNETIC CIRCUITARY; QUBIT STATE; SINGLE QUANTUM;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0042437139     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2003-00015-9     Document Type: Article

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