A superconducting flux QuBit : measurement, noise and control
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Tian, Lin, 1971-
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics.
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Mildred S. Dresselhaus and Seth Lloyd.
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A superconducting quantum bit can be made with three nano-scale Josephson junctions connected in series. In this thesis, various aspects of this qubit are studied. It is shown numerically that the qubit behaves as a giant magnetic dipole with quantum tunneling between the two qubit states. The natural coupling between qubits plus the manipulation on a single qubit state provides the building blocks for universal quantum computing. The state of the qubit can be determined by measuring its flux with a SQUID. The measurement efficiency and measurement-induced decoherence are investigated. A coherent transition assisted scheme is designed for a projective measurement on the qubit. A general method is developed to study qubit decoherence by environmental noise. The dynamic control approach is applied for preventing off-resonant leakage during gate operations and for de-coupling the qubit from noise.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2002. Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-213).
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2002Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of PhysicsPublisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Physics.