Low-frequency noise in Josephson junctions for superconducting qubits

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Eroms, J ^a   Van Schaarenburg, L C ^a   Driessen, E F C ^a   Plantenberg, J H ^a   Huizinga, C M ^a   Schouten, R N ^a   Verbruggen, A H ^a   Harmans, C J P M ^a   Mooij, J E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MAGNETIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS; LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE; SPECTRAL DENSITY; SUPERCONDUCTING QUBITS;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 33748955067     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2357010     Document Type: Article

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