Towards understanding two-level-systems in amorphous solids: insights from quantum circuits

C Müller, JH Cole, J Lisenfeld - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Amorphous solids show surprisingly universal behaviour at low temperatures. The
prevailing wisdom is that this can be explained by the existence of two-state defects within …

Materials loss measurements using superconducting microwave resonators

CRH McRae, H Wang, J Gao, MR Vissers… - Review of Scientific …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The performance of superconducting circuits for quantum computing is limited by materials
losses. In particular, coherence times are typically bounded by two-level system (TLS) …

Quantum information processing with bosonic qubits in circuit QED

A Joshi, K Noh, YY Gao - Quantum Science and Technology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The unique features of quantum theory offer a powerful new paradigm for information
processing. Translating these mathematical abstractions into useful algorithms and …

[HTML][HTML] Surface participation and dielectric loss in superconducting qubits

C Wang, C Axline, YY Gao, T Brecht, Y Chu… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We study the energy relaxation times (T 1) of superconducting transmon qubits in 3D
cavities as a function of dielectric participation ratios of material surfaces. This surface …

Materials in superconducting quantum bits

WD Oliver, PB Welander - MRS bulletin, 2013 - cambridge.org
Superconducting qubits are electronic circuits comprising lithographically defined
Josephson tunnel junctions, inductors, capacitors, and interconnects. When cooled to …

Reducing intrinsic loss in superconducting resonators by surface treatment and deep etching of silicon substrates

A Bruno, G De Lange, S Asaad… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We present microwave-frequency NbTiN resonators on silicon, systematically achieving
internal quality factors above 1 M in the quantum regime. We use two techniques to reduce …

Material matters in superconducting qubits

CE Murray - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The progress witnessed within the field of quantum computing has been enabled by the
identification and understanding of interactions between the state of the quantum bit (qubit) …

Improved superconducting qubit coherence using titanium nitride

JB Chang, MR Vissers, AD Córcoles… - Applied Physics …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate enhanced relaxation and dephasing times of transmon qubits, up to∼ 60 μ
s⁠, by fabricating the interdigitated shunting capacitors using titanium nitride (TiN) …

[HTML][HTML] Atomic layer deposition of titanium nitride for quantum circuits

A Shearrow, G Koolstra, SJ Whiteley, N Earnest… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Superconducting thin films with high intrinsic kinetic inductance are of great importance for
photon detectors, achieving strong coupling in hybrid systems, and protected qubits. We …

Manufacturing low dissipation superconducting quantum processors

A Nersisyan, S Poletto, N Alidoust… - 2019 IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Enabling applications for solid state quantum technology will require systematically reducing
noise, particularly dissipation, in these systems. Yet, when multiple decay channels are …