Electronic structure of superposition states in flux qubits

Physica Scripta T

Volumn T137, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Korsbakken, Jan I ^a   Wilhelm, Frank K ^b   Whaley, K Birgitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT SUPERPOSITIONS; FERMI STATISTICS; FERMI VELOCITIES; FLUX QUBITS; JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS; LARGE DISPARITY; MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM; MACROSCOPIC SUPERPOSITIONS; MACROSCOPIC VARIABLES; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; QUANTUM COHERENCE; SMALL SIZE; SUPERCONDUCTING LOOPS; SUPERPOSITION STATE;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERMIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 77952829401     PISSN: 02811847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/2009/T137/014022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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