Decoherence and relaxation of a superconducting quantum bit during measurement

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Tian, Lin ^a   Lloyd, Seth ^b   Orlando, T P ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

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EID: 85038347289     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.144516     Document Type: Article

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