Superconducting phase qubits

Quantum Information Processing

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 81-103

  Martinis, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decoherence; Quantum computation; Qubits; Superconductivity

Indexed keywords

BASIC OPERATIONS; COMPLEX ALGORITHMS; CONTROL ELECTRONICS; DE-PHASING; DECOHERENCE; ENERGY DECAYS; FABRICATION PROCESS; LOW IMPEDANCES; PHASE QUBIT; QUANTUM COMPUTATION; QUBIT DECOHERENCE; QUBITS; SANTA BARBARA; SUPERCONDUCTING PHASE; SUPERCONDUCTING PHASE QUBITS; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA;

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM THEORY;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 62649087471     PISSN: 15700755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11128-009-0105-1     Document Type: Article

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