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Materials for Quantum Information Science: Roles in the Quantum Evolution 2.0

Thang Pham, Vsevolod Ivanov, Dominic P. Goronzy +4

Quantum information science is entering a second phase, the Quantum Evolution 2.0, in which the challenge has shifted from demonstrating coherent control of individual quantum stat…

quant-ph2026

Oxide-Nitride Heteroepitaxy for Low-Loss Dielectrics in Superconducting Quantum Circuits

David A. Garcia-Wetten, Mitchell J. Walker, Peter G. Lim +9

Superconducting qubits show great promise for the realization of fault-tolerant quantum computing, but lossy, amorphous dielectrics limit current technology. Identifying highly cry…

quant-ph2025

Comparison of Nb and Ta Pentoxide Loss Tangents for Superconducting Quantum Devices

D. P. Goronzy, W. W. Mah, P. G. Lim +14

Superconducting transmon qubits are commonly made with thin-film Nb wiring, but recent studies have shown increased performance with Ta wiring. In this work, we compare the resonat…

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…

quant-ph2024★ 6 cited

Loss tangent fluctuations due to two-level systems in superconducting microwave resonators

André Vallières, Megan E. Russell, Xinyuan You +10

Superconducting microwave resonators are critical to quantum computing and sensing technologies. Additionally, they are common proxies for superconducting qubits when determining t…

quant-ph2023★ 123 cited

Systematic Improvements in Transmon Qubit Coherence Enabled by Niobium Surface Encapsulation

Mustafa Bal, Akshay A. Murthy, Shaojiang Zhu +37

We present a novel transmon qubit fabrication technique that yields systematic improvements in T relaxation times. We fabricate devices using an encapsulation strategy that inv…