Measurement and control of quasiparticle dynamics in a superconducting qubit

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, C ^a   Gao, Y Y ^a   Pop, I M ^a   Vool, U ^a   Axline, C ^a   Brecht, T ^a   Heeres, R W ^a   Frunzio, L ^a   Devoret, M H ^a   Catelani, G ^b   Glazman, L I ^a   Schoelkopf, R J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 85095307270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6836     Document Type: Article

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