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most citedAlternating Bias Assisted Annealing of Amorphous Oxide Tunnel Junctions

23 citations · 68 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

quant-ph2026

Scaling Alternating-Bias-Assisted Annealing for Precision Transmon Frequency Targeting on Superconducting Quantum Processors

Xiqiao Wang, Mark Field, Teng Zhang +18

Recent advances in the alternating-bias-assisted annealing (ABAA) technique have successfully mitigated intrinsic Josephson-junction (JJ) fabrication variations. This new technique…

quant-ph2026

Automating detection of Two-Level Systems in Superconducting Qubits

Rama Khalil, Cameron J. Kopas, Avinash Pathapati +9

Microscopic two-level system (TLS) defects remain a primary mechanism of decoherence and operational instability in superconducting transmon qubits, necessitating scalable and auto…

quant-ph2026

Localized Thermometry via Dayem Bridges Integrated on Superconducting Qubit Chips

Ella O. Lachman, Dave P. Pappas, Jayss Marshall +1

Accurate knowledge of the on-chip temperature is essential for understanding and optimizing the performance of superconducting qubits, yet direct thermometry at millikelvin tempera…

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Magneto-optical study of Nb thin films for superconducting qubits

Amlan Datta, Kamal R. Joshi, Sunil Ghimire +7

Among the recognized sources of decoherence in superconducting qubits, the spatial inhomogeneity of the superconducting state and the possible presence of magnetic-flux vortices re…

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Oxygen distribution and segregation at grain boundaries in Nb and Ta-encapsulated Nb thin films for superconducting qubits

Jaeyel Lee, Dieter Isheim, Zuhawn Sung +14

We report on atomic-scale analyses of oxygen distribution and segregation at grain boundaries (GBs) of Nb and Ta-encapsulated Nb (Ta/Nb) thin films for superconducting qubits using…

quant-ph2025

Identifying Materials-Level Sources of Performance Variation in Superconducting Transmon Qubits

Akshay A. Murthy, Mustafa Bal, Michael J. Bedzyk +46

The Superconducting Materials and Systems (SQMS) Center, a DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Center, has conducted a comprehensive and coordinated study using super…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 6 cited

Enhanced Superconducting Qubit Performance Through Ammonium Fluoride Etch

Cameron J. Kopas, Dominic P. Goronzy, Thang Pham +19

The performance of superconducting qubits is often limited by dissipation and two-level systems (TLS) losses. The dominant sources of these losses are believed to originate from am…

quant-ph2024

Precision frequency tuning of tunable transmon qubits using alternating-bias assisted annealing

Xiqiao Wang, Joel Howard, Eyob A. Sete +13

Superconducting quantum processors are one of the leading platforms for realizing scalable fault-tolerant quantum computation (FTQC). The recent demonstration of post-fabrication t…

quant-ph2024★ 2 cited

Quantifying fault tolerant simulation of strongly correlated systems using the Fermi-Hubbard model

Anjali A. Agrawal, Joshua Job, Tyler L. Wilson +8

Understanding the physics of strongly correlated materials is one of the grand challenge problems for physics today. A large class of scientifically interesting materials, from hig…

quant-ph2024★ 2 cited

Superconducting qubits in the millions: the potential and limitations of modularity

S. N. Saadatmand, Tyler L. Wilson, Mark J. Hodson +11

The development of fault-tolerant quantum computers (FTQCs) is receiving increasing attention within the quantum computing community. Like conventional digital computers, FTQCs, wh…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 2 cited

Transport signatures of phase fluctuations in superconducting qubits

Maxwell Wisne, Yanpei Deng, Hilal Cansizoglu +3

Josephson junctions supply the nonlinear inductance element in superconducting qubits. In the widely used transmon configuration, where the junction is shunted by a large capacitor…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 20 cited

Formation and Microwave Losses of Hydrides in Superconducting Niobium Thin Films Resulting from Fluoride Chemical Processing

Carlos G. Torres-Castanedo, Dominic P. Goronzy, Thang Pham +18

Superconducting Nb thin films have recently attracted significant attention due to their utility for quantum information technologies. In the processing of Nb thin films, fluoride-…

quant-ph2024

Error budget of parametric resonance entangling gate with a tunable coupler

Eyob A. Sete, Vinay Tripathi, Joseph A. Valery +2

We analyze the experimental error budget of parametric resonance gates in a tunable coupler architecture. We identify and characterize various sources of errors, including incohere…

physics.app-ph2024★ 23 cited

Alternating Bias Assisted Annealing of Amorphous Oxide Tunnel Junctions

David P. Pappas, Mark Field, Cameron Kopas +10

We demonstrate a transformational technique for controllably tuning the electrical properties of fabricated thermally oxidized amorphous aluminum-oxide tunnel junctions. Using conv…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 13 cited

Visualizing heterogeneous dipole fields by terahertz light coupling in individual nano-junctions used in transmon qubits

R. H. J. Kim, J. M. Park, S. Haeuser +12

The fundamental challenge underlying superconducting quantum computing is to characterize heterogeneity and disorder in the underlying quantum circuits. These nonuniform distributi…