activity
20242026
collaborators

5 papers

quant-ph2026

Tantalum as a base material for superconducting integrated circuits

Evgeniy V. Zikiy, Nikita S. Smirnov, Stanislav A. Kotenkov +9

The performance of superconducting integrated circuits for quantum applications is fundamentally limited by material-related losses. Tantalum, as an emerging material for next-gene…

quant-ph2026

Superconducting integrated on-demand quantum memory with microwave pulse preservation

Aleksei R. Matanin, Nikita S. Smirnov, Anton I. Ivanov +8

Microwave quantum memory represents a critical component for quantum radars and resource-efficient approaches to quantum error correction. Superconducting microwave resonators prov…

quant-ph2025

High-fidelity two-qubit gates with transmon qubits using bipolar flux pulses and tunable couplers

Nikita S. Smirnov, Aleksei R. Matanin, Anton I. Ivanov +15

High-fidelity two-qubit gates are essential for scalable quantum computing. We present a scheme based on superconducting transmon qubits and a control pulse delivery protocol that…

quant-ph2025

An engineering guide to superconducting quantum circuit shielding

Elizaveta I. Malevannaya, Viktor I. Polozov, Anton I. Ivanov +10

In this review, we provide a practical guide on protection of superconducting quantum circuits from broadband electromagnetic and infrared-radiation noise by using cryogenic shield…

quant-ph2024

Lumped-element two-section impedance-matched SNAIL parametric amplifier

D. Moskaleva, N. Smirnov, D. Moskalev +11

Broadband impedance-matched Josephson parametric amplifiers are key components for high-fidelity single-shot multi-qubit readout. Nowadays, several types of impedance matched param…