Spin-boson quantum phase transition in multilevel superconducting qubits
arXiv:2010.01016 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.237702
Abstract
Superconducting circuits are currently developed as a versatile platform for the exploration of many-body physics, by building on non-linear elements that are often idealized as two-level qubits. A classic example is given by a charge qubit that is capacitively coupled to a transmission line, which leads to the celebrated spin-boson description of quantum dissipation. We show that the intrinsic multilevel structure of superconducting qubits drastically restricts the validity of the spin-boson paradigm due to phase localization, which spreads the wavefunction over many charge states. Numerical Renormalization Group simulations also show that the quantum critical point moves out of the physically accessible range in the multilevel regime. Imposing charge discreteness in a simple variational state accounts for these multilevel effects, that are relevant for a large class of devices.
arXiv comment5 pages, 3 figures, bundled with Supplementary Material
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