Suppression of 1/f noise in solid state quantum devices by surface spin desorption

Abstract

Noise and decoherence due to spurious two-level systems (TLS) located at material interfaces is a long-standing issue in solid state quantum technologies. Efforts to mitigate the effects of TLS have been hampered by a lack of surface analysis tools sensitive enough to identify their chemical and physical nature. Here we measure the dielectric loss, frequency noise and electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrum in superconducting resonators and demonstrate that desorption of surface spins is accompanied by an almost tenfold reduction in the frequency noise. We provide experimental evidence that simultaneously reveals the chemical signatures of adsorbed magnetic moments and demonstrates their coupling via the electric-field degree of freedom to the resonator, causing dielectric (charge) noise in solid state quantum devices.

13 pages, 11 figures

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