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Phase-slip flux qubits

arXiv:cond-mat/0508440 · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/219

Abstract

In thin superconducting wires, phase-slip by thermal activation near the critical temperature is a well-known effect. It has recently become clear that phase-slip by quantum tunnelling through the energy barrier can also have a significant rate at low temperatures. In this paper it is suggested that quantum phase-slip can be used to realize a superconducting quantum bit without Josephson junctions. A loop containing a nanofabricated very thin wire is biased with an externally applied magnetic flux of half a flux quantum, resulting in two states with opposite circulating current and equal energy. Quantum phase-slip should provide coherent coupling between these two macroscopic states. Numbers are given for a wire of amorphous niobium-silicon that can be fabricated with advanced electron beam lithography.

Submitted to New Journal of Physics, special issue solid state quantum information

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