Josephson junction comparator as a quantum-limited detector for flux qubit readout

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-141

  Walls, Thomas J ^a   Averin, Dmitri V ^a   Likharev, Konstantin K ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; SWITCHING;

CONTINUOUS FLUX MEASUREMENTS; COUPLING QUENCHING; SINGLE-SHOT MEASUREMENTS;

COMPARATOR CIRCUITS;

EID: 34547495816     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.898632     Document Type: Conference Paper

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